Explore the Family Name Kisic

The meaning of Kisic

1. Serbian and Croatian (Kisić): derivative of the root of kiseo ‘sour’, probably applied as a nickname for a moody person. Compare Kissick. 2. Croatian and Serbian (Kišić): patronymic or diminutive from a Slavicized form of the Hungarian adjective kis ‘small’ (see Kis). The surname Kišić is very rare in Serbia.

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How common is the last name Kisic in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Kisic has shown a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked the 109,328th most common surname, but by 2010, it had fallen to the 123,064th rank, a decline of 12.56%. The number of people with the Kisic surname also decreased by 6.67%, from 150 in 2000 to 140 in 2010. Consequently, the proportion of the population with this surname per 100,000 people also fell by 16.67%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#109,328	#123,064	-12.56%
Count	150	140	-6.67%
Proportion per 100k	0.06	0.05	-16.67%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Kisic

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Kisic saw some changes between 2000 and 2010, based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census. The majority of individuals with this surname identified as White, an identification that increased slightly from 82.00% in 2000 to 84.29% in 2010. Notably, Hispanic identification rose by 52.89%, from 4.67% to 7.14% over the decade. However, the proportion identifying as Black dropped by 17.65% from 8.67% to 7.14%. There were no individuals who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census year, and the percentage of those identifying with two or more races dropped to zero in 2010 after being at 4.67% in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	82%	84.29%	2.79%
Hispanic	4.67%	7.14%	52.89%
Black	8.67%	7.14%	-17.65%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	4.67%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%