Lisa Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History

Lisa Surname

14,002^nd

Most Common

surname in the World

Approximately 39,796 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:

Bangladesh

Highest density in:

American Samoa

Lisa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lisa Surname Distribution Map

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
Bangladesh	11,355	1:14,034	1,091
Indonesia	7,791	1:16,975	2,092
United States	5,148	1:70,408	8,162
Russia	2,803	1:51,417	6,754
Italy	2,479	1:24,670	4,371
South Africa	1,023	1:52,960	6,714
Argentina	717	1:59,614	5,077
Nigeria	563	1:314,641	17,399
Australia	548	1:49,262	6,140
India	478	1:1,604,739	59,073
DR Congo	465	1:158,881	16,459
New Zealand	448	1:10,108	1,758
Czechia	431	1:24,672	3,850
Malaysia	420	1:70,224	5,091
China	348	1:3,929,085	421
Cambodia	347	1:44,632	1,759
England	315	1:176,883	16,062
France	304	1:218,496	33,949
Spain	284	1:164,620	11,885
Ghana	277	1:97,548	9,187
Papua New Guinea	258	1:31,604	3,644
Canada	244	1:151,007	15,383
Moldova	235	1:15,155	2,592
Belarus	213	1:44,606	7,620
Brazil	180	1:1,189,302	41,172
Portugal	179	1:58,202	3,162
Hong Kong	127	1:57,760	1,031
Germany	126	1:638,932	50,304
Egypt	122	1:753,572	38,342
Kazakhstan	112	1:157,879	15,632
Philippines	87	1:1,163,658	92,852
Kenya	79	1:584,556	27,458
Latvia	71	1:28,874	4,428
Tanzania	71	1:745,657	41,495
Ireland	69	1:68,245	4,322
United Arab Emirates	63	1:145,433	11,563
Dominican Republic	62	1:168,273	6,481
Kuwait	58	1:65,529	7,566
Japan	53	1:2,412,156	30,150
Switzerland	52	1:157,941	14,824
Thailand	48	1:1,471,632	200,579
Solomon Islands	45	1:12,890	2,375
Singapore	43	1:128,086	5,748
Mozambique	36	1:757,266	1,613
Netherlands	35	1:482,491	46,668
Lithuania	34	1:89,253	12,508
Zambia	33	1:480,301	21,871
Uganda	29	1:1,346,182	51,611
Mexico	27	1:4,597,267	27,985
Botswana	22	1:99,406	15,343
Ivory Coast	22	1:1,048,692	25,281
Uzbekistan	22	1:1,405,870	25,726
Venezuela	22	1:1,372,913	18,810
Austria	20	1:425,772	43,235
Estonia	19	1:69,569	12,771
Slovakia	18	1:296,469	43,115
Pakistan	17	1:10,508,464	49,949
Taiwan	15	1:1,562,983	10,375
Poland	12	1:3,167,396	120,990
Belgium	11	1:1,045,149	78,166
Israel	10	1:855,763	54,181
Liberia	9	1:489,837	23,279
Morocco	9	1:3,830,678	54,497
Qatar	9	1:262,000	30,726
Togo	9	1:805,308	6,372
Sweden	8	1:1,230,845	90,587
Wales	8	1:386,816	19,671
Bermuda	7	1:9,326	1,286
Denmark	7	1:806,388	43,211
Maldives	7	1:57,739	2,642
Norway	7	1:734,612	50,907
Trinidad and Tobago	7	1:194,854	9,403
Vietnam	7	1:13,235,151	2,948
American Samoa	6	1:9,293	1,961
Armenia	6	1:488,363	9,305
Azerbaijan	6	1:1,608,187	20,863
Colombia	6	1:7,962,345	23,614
Greece	6	1:1,846,632	89,049
Scotland	6	1:892,303	28,047
Peru	5	1:6,356,825	38,776
Angola	4	1:6,747,304	6,999
Bahamas	4	1:97,938	1,027
Cameroon	4	1:5,192,267	135,173
Chad	4	1:3,398,050	7,703
Fiji	4	1:223,598	2,635
Finland	4	1:1,374,176	50,379
Malawi	4	1:4,279,777	24,060
Romania	4	1:5,019,468	62,922
Tunisia	4	1:152,656	17,743
Northern Ireland	3	1:615,012	18,081
Albania	3	1:971,352	22,477
Ecuador	3	1:5,301,949	30,184
Puerto Rico	3	1:1,183,380	5,289
South Korea	3	1:17,080,085	2,793
Turkey	3	1:25,940,474	162,557
Barbados	2	1:143,724	1,981
Belize	2	1:177,737	3,502
Croatia	2	1:2,114,302	85,143
Cuba	2	1:5,761,358	13,825
Georgia	2	1:1,872,772	35,618
Jamaica	2	1:1,434,974	11,081
Kyrgyzstan	2	1:2,986,327	84,533
Lesotho	2	1:1,016,279	21,693
Luxembourg	2	1:290,271	8,611
Mauritius	2	1:646,708	13,517
Saint Lucia	2	1:89,390	2,918
Transnistria	2	1:237,350	16,204
Afghanistan	1	1:32,153,183	60,828
Algeria	1	1:38,631,551	130,422
Aruba	1	1:103,477	2,586
Bahrain	1	1:1,348,608	10,432
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	1:3,536,402	19,532
British Virgin Islands	1	1:31,594	1,029
Bulgaria	1	1:6,978,905	86,260
Burkina Faso	1	1:18,352,100	30,051
Cape Verde	1	1:529,642	6,792
Chile	1	1:17,616,474	93,597
Cook Islands	1	1:18,179	1,485
Cyprus	1	1:884,876	13,055
Equatorial Guinea	1	1:1,135,674	984
Gibraltar	1	1:33,954	1,660
Guernsey	1	1:64,439	2,137
Guyana	1	1:762,221	14,420
Hungary	1	1:9,816,277	73,288
Iraq	1	1:35,021,654	31,813
Lebanon	1	1:5,637,083	32,436
Mali	1	1:16,969,035	4,067
Malta	1	1:430,272	3,380
Mauritania	1	1:4,094,863	38,869
Micronesia	1	1:106,243	1,380
Mongolia	1	1:2,825,289	17,010
Montenegro	1	1:639,565	9,092
Myanmar	1	1:51,937,985	2,166
Nepal	1	1:28,480,956	22,413
Oman	1	1:3,687,971	14,390
Paraguay	1	1:7,236,746	16,511
Saudi Arabia	1	1:30,855,817	63,028
Senegal	1	1:14,579,342	11,705
Seychelles	1	1:92,393	1,532
Somalia	1	1:13,452,061	9,224
Sri Lanka	1	1:20,808,560	18,521
Sudan	1	1:37,510,195	14,259
United States Virgin Islands	1	1:110,375	6,934
Yemen	1	1:26,425,294	55,147
Zimbabwe	1	1:15,438,240	133,260

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Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
Jersey	1	1:51,882	3,898

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
United States	12	1:4,184,890	180,076

The alternate forms: Lisá (599) & Lísa (22) are calculated separately.

Lisa (2,484,955) may also be a first name.

Lisa Demographics

Lisa Political Affiliation
in United States

Sample size: 545 (2014)

United States
Average

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Lisa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lisa Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Lisa (Arabic: ليسّا, Bengali: লিসা, Georgian: ლისა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻴﺰﻩ, Hindi: लीसा, Marathi: लीसा, Oriya: ଲିସା, Russian: Лиса) is more commonly found in Bangladesh than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as: Lisá or Lísa. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lisa? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Lisa is the 14,002^nd most frequently used surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 183,123 people. The last name Lisa occurs predominantly in Asia, where 55 percent of Lisa are found; 30 percent are found in South Asia and 29 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Lisa is also the 222^nd most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 2,484,955 people.

The surname Lisa is most common in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 11,355 people, or 1 in 14,034. Besides Bangladesh Lisa is found in 144 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 20 percent reside and The United States, where 13 percent reside.

Lisa Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Lisa has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Lisa last name expanded 42,900 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lisa Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Orthodox (88%) in Russia, Orthodox (67%) in Belarus, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Orthodox (72%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Lisa surname are 5.34% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 52.11% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Lisa earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 35.41% less than the national average, earning €19,395 per year; in South Africa they earn 32.13% less than the national average, earning R 161,280 per year; in United States they earn 0.88% more than the national average, earning $43,530 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.62% more than the national average, earning $49,990 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Surname	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Lisá	92	599	/
Lísa	92	22	/
Luisa	89	5,957	/
Lisha	89	2,940	/
Lisay	89	2,882	/
Lissa	89	2,411	/
Laisa	89	1,827	/
Lisai	89	931	/
Leisa	89	923	/
Litsa	89	766	/
Loisa	89	760	/
Lisca	89	688	/
Lisah	89	534	/
Lisaj	89	433	/
Liesa	89	413	/
Lisea	89	301	/
Lisas	89	290	/
Lisia	89	179	/
Liosa	89	171	/
Lisau	89	88	/
Liusa	89	73	/
Lisoa	89	49	/
Lisap	89	47	/
Lisza	89	40	/
Lisaa	89	30	/
Lisad	89	13	/
Lisja	89	13	/
Lisat	89	13	/
Lisga	89	11	/
Llisa	89	2	/
Láisa	89	1	/
Liséa	89	1	/
Lisaâ	89	1	/
Lisaï	89	1	/
Hlisa	89	1	/
Lihsa	89	1	/
Litsas	80	1,286	/
Lissah	80	1,002	/
Lissau	80	409	/
Lisaia	80	224	/
Lisaya	80	216	/
Lishea	80	207	/
Lishay	80	201	/
Liusha	80	201	/
Leissa	80	166	/
Liszaj	80	149	/
Laisha	80	137	/
Lissai	80	106	/
Luisha	80	84	/
Laisah	80	66	/
Leisha	80	55	/
Lihtsa	80	55	/
Laissa	80	53	/
Liesau	80	52	/
Laisai	80	50	/
Liszai	80	50	/
Lissat	80	42	/
Lischa	80	33	/
Liesay	80	32	/
Lidsay	80	31	/
Lissay	80	28	/
Loisas	80	28	/
Luisah	80	27	/
Lishaa	80	20	/
Lisach	80	19	/
Leisau	80	19	/
Laisia	80	14	/
Lishad	80	13	/
Litsay	80	11	/
Lissha	80	11	/
Luissa	80	11	/
Lishah	80	11	/
Laisau	80	10	/
Lisatz	80	9	/
Lisatt	80	8	/
Liseau	80	8	/
Liosau	80	8	/
Liessa	80	7	/
Lisaja	80	7	/
Luisay	80	6	/
Loisia	80	5	/
Litsai	80	5	/
Hlaisa	80	5	/
Laitsa	80	5	/
Laisat	80	4	/
Loisau	80	4	/
Lishau	80	4	/
Laisoa	80	4	/
Liaisa	80	4	/
Hlissa	80	4	/
Lisiea	80	4	/
Luisas	80	3	/
Liszah	80	3	/
Lluisa	80	3	/
Laisea	80	3	/
Lisaus	80	3	/
Lisaut	80	3	/
Leihsa	80	3	/
Lishat	80	2	/
Loisea	80	2	/
Liseas	80	2	/
Leitsa	80	2	/
Loisay	80	2	/
Litsea	80	2	/
Lisajs	80	2	/
Luisia	80	2	/
Litsha	80	2	/
Luisat	80	1	/
Lyaisa	80	1	/
Liusau	80	1	/
Lizsay	80	1	/
Lishoa	80	1	/
Lissaa	80	1	/
Lissad	80	1	/
Liesha	80	1	/
Lgisay	80	1	/
Laisaj	80	1	/
Leisea	80	1	/
D'Lisa	80	1	/
Lisahu	80	1	/
Llisha	80	1	/
Lisaat	80	1	/
Lisoha	80	1	/
Lissaz	80	1	/
Lisssa	80	1	/
Lisacz	80	1	/
Lisaud	80	1	/
Liscea	80	1	/
Loissa	80	1	/
Loitsa	80	1	/
Llaisa	80	1	/
Liusai	80	1	/
Luisai	80	1	/
Hlisia	80	1	/
Leisay	80	1	/
Leisia	80	1	/
Laaisa	80	1	/
Leisai	80	1	/
Llisas	80	1	/
Litsau	80	1	/
Loisah	80	1	/
Lissas	80	1	/
Lisaid	80	1	/
Liossa	80	1	/
Lhuisa	80	1	/
Liesia	80	1	/
Lihsia	80	1	/
Laisad	80	1	/
Liza	75	103,425	/
Lisi	75	18,001	/
Lesa	75	13,818	/
Lusa	75	11,183	/
Lica	75	9,044	/
Lija	75	8,490	/
Liso	75	4,375	/
Lise	75	3,463	/
Lisy	75	842	/
Lisý	75	803	/
Lysa	75	529	/
Lixa	75	236	/
Liça	75	84	/
Lisé	75	21	/
Läsa	75	3	/
Lisè	75	2	/
Lésa	75	1	/
Ljsa	75	1	/
Laitsas	73	113	/
Laiseau	73	34	/
Lieshaj	73	14	/
Lisheea	73	13	/
Laisaat	73	11	/
Liessau	73	11	/
Lischau	73	7	/
Leiseas	73	4	/
Loissau	73	2	/
Liushaa	73	1	/
Lisdsay	73	1	/
Liezsay	73	1	/
Laishad	73	1	/
Lisssah	73	1	/
Liseaux	73	1	/
Lishiea	73	1	/
Liszatz	73	1	/
Lisahay	73	1	/
Leissau	73	1	/
Laishah	73	1	/
Lhaissa	73	1	/
Lleisxa	73	1	/
Luizsia	73	1	/
Lissaha	73	1	/
Lissatt	73	1	/
Llishha	73	1	/
Laitsai	73	1	/
Laischa	73	1	/
Luizsay	73	0	/
Lissach	73	0	/
Luidsay	73	0	/
Lessa	67	32,457	/
Leija	67	23,115	/
Licea	67	19,875	/
Laisi	67	8,452	/
Luisi	67	7,389	/
Laiza	67	7,149	/
Luísa	67	5,453	/
Liese	67	4,974	/
Lesia	67	3,465	/
Luise	67	3,420	/
Letsa	67	3,215	/
Lusha	67	3,205	/
Licha	67	3,166	/
Leysa	67	2,962	/
Loisy	67	2,457	/
Lisci	67	2,135	/
Lizza	67	2,026	/
Lissy	67	1,811	/
Lisco	67	1,507	/
Leise	67	1,442	/
Lecis	67	1,432	/
Liosi	67	1,377	/
Lioza	67	1,354	/
Laise	67	1,331	/
Lissi	67	1,291	/
Lishi	67	1,281	/
Lisso	67	1,280	/
Luiso	67	1,267	/
Lisse	67	1,245	/
Loiza	67	1,139	/
Luiza	67	1,074	/
Leasa	67	1,027	/
Licay	67	1,002	/
Lusay	67	945	/
Lesha	67	932	/
Lisii	67	920	/
Laysa	67	892	/
Liçaj	67	892	/
Leiza	67	846	/
Laiso	67	835	/
Leisi	67	789	/
Loisi	67	780	/
Luesa	67	722	/
Licis	67	673	/
Lliso	67	634	/
Llica	67	594	/
Lesas	67	560	/
Leisy	67	520	/
Lussa	67	515	/
Laija	67	500	/
Lusai	67	497	/
Liset	67	493	/
Lisot	67	482	/
Loise	67	476	/
Ligia	67	467	/
Lisee	67	410	/
Liose	67	406	/
Legia	67	387	/
Lesay	67	368	/
Llusa	67	350	/
Liszi	67	308	/
Lidja	67	304	/
Lysai	67	293	/
Lisio	67	284	/
Licaj	67	262	/
Lizoa	67	246	/
Lioso	67	225	/
Lisei	67	212	/
Litja	67	204	/
Lisgo	67	200	/
Lisoy	67	199	/
Lesaj	67	193	/
Litso	67	179	/
Lisho	67	167	/
Hliso	67	164	/
Lesea	67	153	/
Lizca	67	149	/
Lesis	67	147	/
Luusa	67	146	/
Lices	67	144	/
Lizos	67	143	/
Lysha	67	132	/
Lisić	67	131	/
Litsi	67	131	/
Laisy	67	126	/
Lijaa	67	120	/
Lisoň	67	113	/
Liser	67	112	/
Lisey	67	111	/
Lisiy	67	109	/
Lesap	67	103	/
Licia	67	98	/
Hliza	67	93	/
Leusa	67	92	/
Lysay	67	82	/
Lisis	67	70	/
Lezia	67	70	/
Lisoi	67	69	/
Hlesa	67	68	/
Lijau	67	68	/
Lizat	67	65	/
Leiso	67	64	/
Lesau	67	63	/
Lusau	67	63	/
Lijas	67	62	/
Lecia	67	61	/
Liesy	67	58	/
Lijap	67	54	/
Leixa	67	51	/
Loisseau	67	50	/
Lisih	67	49	/
Lesaa	67	47	/
Lijat	67	46	/
Lijha	67	45	/
Lysia	67	45	/
Lejsa	67	42	/
Lizas	67	40	/
Loiso	67	40	/
Lisou	67	39	/
Loysa	67	36	/
Luija	67	36	/
Loija	67	32	/
Lizaj	67	32	/
Lisit	67	31	/
Lesoa	67	29	/
Lesai	67	28	/
Liuza	67	24	/
Lyssa	67	24	/
Lieza	67	24	/
Lesah	67	24	/
Liszy	67	23	/
Leesa	67	22	/
Lizea	67	22	/
Lisze	67	22	/
Liseu	67	21	/
Litca	67	20	/
Lizia	67	20	/
Luisy	67	20	/
Luzsa	67	19	/
Lisie	67	18	/
Lizay	67	18	/
Lirza	67	18	/
Lesza	67	17	/
Litse	67	16	/
Lises	67	16	/
Lysaj	67	16	/
Lizad	67	16	/
Lizau	67	14	/
Lisui	67	13	/
Lisip	67	13	/
Lisøy	67	13	/
Līcis	67	12	/
Lisej	67	11	/
Lisoh	67	10	/
Lijad	67	10	/
Lishe	67	10	/
Lisée	67	10	/
Lisop	67	9	/
Lisjo	67	9	/
Lijja	67	9	/
Lisos	67	8	/
Leißa	67	8	/
Laisé	67	8	/
Ligea	67	7	/
Lisoo	67	6	/
Lisez	67	6	/
Lizai	67	6	/
Lizaa	67	6	/
Lisyy	67	5	/
Lisayová	67	5	/
Lesga	67	5	/
Lesja	67	5	/
Lehsa	67	5	/
Lijai	67	5	/
Lusah	67	5	/
Lesat	67	4	/
Laísa	67	4	/
Lijay	67	4	/
Lijos	67	4	/
Liçai	67	4	/
Llise	67	3	/
Lised	67	3	/
Lexsa	67	3	/
Liosy	67	3	/
Lliza	67	3	/
Lisep	67	3	/
Lieso	67	3	/
Llesa	67	3	/
Lisuy	67	3	/
Liçis	67	3	/
Liços	67	3	/
Lisce	67	2	/
Liseh	67	2	/
Léssa	67	2	/
Lioça	67	2	/
Lihsy	67	2	/
Lijaj	67	2	/
Lissé	67	2	/
Lisod	67	2	/
Lusza	67	2	/
Luisè	67	2	/
Luysa	67	1	/
Lihse	67	1	/
Lijaz	67	1	/
Litsy	67	1	/
Lishy	67	1	/
Lisje	67	1	/
Lécia	67	1	/
Lȉiso	67	1	/
Liscă	67	1	/
Lishaadh	67	1	/
Lissý	67	1	/
Lisys	67	1	/
Liszo	67	1	/
Liszí	67	1	/
Litsé	67	1	/
Lisayova	67	1	/
Liuso	67	1	/
Ličas	67	1	/
Ličys	67	1	/
Ližas	67	1	/
Llisó	67	1	/
Lizaz	67	1	/
Lizha	67	1	/
Luisé	67	1	/
Lyosa	67	1	/
Léija	67	1	/
Hleissah	67	1	/
Laisahad	67	1	/
Laissaux	67	1	/
Laheisau	67	1	/
Lijea	67	1	/
Liaisaja	67	1	/
Lesxa	67	1	/
Lhiza	67	1	/
Lusaa	67	1	/
Lisuo	67	1	/
Lisyi	67	1	/
Liscy	67	1	/
Lisid	67	1	/
Lujsa	67	0	/
Lidsy	67	0	/

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Lisa Name Transliterations

Transliteration	ICU Latin	Percentage of Incidence
Lisa in the Georgian language
ლისა	lisa	-
Lisa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻟﻴﺰﻩ	lyzh	-
Lisa in the Bengali language
লিসা	lisa	-
Lisa in the Marathi language
लीसा	lisa	96
ळीसा	lisa	4
Lisa in the Oriya language
ଲିସା	lisa	92.88
ଲିଶା	lisa	3.86
ଲୀସା	lisa	1.19
ଲିଷା	lisa	0.3
ଲିଜା	lija	0.3
ଳିଶା	lisa	0.3
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Lisa in the Hindi language
लीसा	lisa	48.78
लिसा	lisa	45.12
लीस	lisa	1.22
एलीसा	elisa	1.22
लीजा	lija	1.22
लिषा	lisa	1.22
लिशा	lisa	1.22
Lisa in the Russian language
Лиса	lisa	-
Lisa in the Arabic language
ليسّا	lysa	-
ليسا	lysa	-

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