Mahisan Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Mahisan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mahisan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Mahisan (135) may also be a first name.

Mahisan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mahisan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Mahisan (Hindi: महीसन, Marathi: मिहसन, Oriya: ମହିସନ) is found most in Malaysia. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Mahisan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mahisan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mahisan is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 80 percent of Mahisan reside; 60 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 40 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 797,647th most numerous first name on earth It is held by 135 people.

This surname is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 14,747,112. In Malaysia Mahisan is most frequent in: Kelantan, where 100 percent reside. Other than Malaysia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 20 percent reside and India, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Mahisan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mahisan in the Oriya language
ମହିସନmahisana-
Mahisan in the Hindi language
महीसनmahisana63.89
महिसनmahisana30.56
माहिसनmahisana2.78
महिसानmahisana2.78
Mahisan in the Marathi language
मिहसनmihasana50
महीसनmahisana33.33
मािहसंmaihasam16.67

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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
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  • 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 Mahisan
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