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 last name Kiš is found most frequently in Serbia. It may also appear in the variant forms: Kis or Kiş. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiš? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 67,125th most widely held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 982,679 people. The surname Kiš occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kiš reside; 88 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 88 percent reside in South Slavic Europe. Kiš is also the 2,036,353rd most commonly held forename world-wide It is held by 27 people.
It is most numerous in Serbia, where it is borne by 5,598 people, or 1 in 1,276. In Serbia it is most common in: South Bačka District, where 26 percent reside, North Bačka District, where 19 percent reside and North Banat District, where 18 percent reside. Other than Serbia this surname is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Croatia, where 11 percent reside and Slovakia, where 10 percent reside.
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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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