Niş Surname

966,131st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 269 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Kosovo

Niş Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Niş Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey2471:315,06620,403
France121:5,535,227269,324
Kosovo91:206,8747,430
Albania11:2,914,05529,474

The alternate forms: Nis (2,163) & Niš (15) are calculated separately.

Niş Last Name Facts

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

The surname Niş is found in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Nis or Niš. Click here for further potential spellings of Niş.

How Common Is The Last Name Niş? popularity and diffusion

It is the 966,131st most widely held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 27,091,249 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 64 percent of Niş live; 64 percent live in West Asia and 64 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

The surname is most prevalent in Turkey, where it is held by 247 people, or 1 in 315,066. In Turkey Niş is most frequent in: Bursa Province, where 17 percent are found, Istanbul Province, where 16 percent are found and Edirne Province, where 15 percent are found. Other than Turkey it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in France, where 4 percent are found and Kosovo, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nis892,163/
Niš8915/
Neiş8676/
Nix6742,577/
Niz6716,389/
Nic672,783/
Nij671,495/
Nič67543/
Niß67264/
Neş671/
Nişova671/

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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 Niş
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