Scissors Surname

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

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Scissors Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Scissors Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Scissors (16) may also be a first name.

Scissors Last Name Facts

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

The surname Scissors is more frequently found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Scissors.

How Common Is The Last Name Scissors? popularity and diffusion

The surname Scissors is the 8,193,072nd most widespread surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Scissors live; 80 percent live in Southern Africa and 80 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Scissors is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently held given name globally. It is borne by 16 people.

It is most widespread in Malawi, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 4,279,777. Beside Malawi Scissors exists in one country. It is also common in Thailand, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sissors9320/
Scisors931/
Seissors881/
Scissurs881/
Sisors862/
Zissors802/
Gisors71213/
Sesors711/
Chesshors710/
Ciesars671/
Seshorst631/
Saisaars631/
Ciszarsz631/
Csiszars630/
Sehchorst591/
Geshors5329/
Ceizars533/
Siezars531/
Seesars531/
Sizzars530/
Chizarsh501/
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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 Scissors
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