Kiš Surname
Approximately 7,416 people bear this surname
Kiš Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serbia | 5,598 | 1:1,276 | 178 |
| Croatia | 800 | 1:5,286 | 701 |
| Slovakia | 726 | 1:7,350 | 727 |
| Czechia | 136 | 1:78,187 | 13,110 |
| Slovenia | 128 | 1:19,435 | 4,406 |
| Montenegro | 11 | 1:58,142 | 3,476 |
| North Macedonia | 4 | 1:525,368 | 20,918 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 1:1,178,801 | 15,876 |
| Kosovo | 3 | 1:620,623 | 10,771 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Kis (32,624) & Kiş (4,102) are calculated separately.
Kiš (27) may also be a first name.
Kiš Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiš Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kiš occurs more in Serbia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Kis or Kiş. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiš? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kiš is the 67,125th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 982,679 people. Kiš is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Kiš are found; 88 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 88 percent are found in South Slavic Europe. It is also the 2,036,353rd most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 27 people.
The surname Kiš is most frequently held in Serbia, where it is held by 5,598 people, or 1 in 1,276. In Serbia it is most frequent in: South Bačka District, where 26 percent are found, North Bačka District, where 19 percent are found and North Banat District, where 18 percent are found. Aside from Serbia it occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Croatia, where 11 percent are found and Slovakia, where 10 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kiš
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