Kisor
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Probably an altered spelling of German Kaiser or Dutch Keyser
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 2 countries · latest register: naampy, 2015
Kisor is a male given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country.
- INIndia≈1 in 1.8Kas Kishor(inferred from the name graph)
- GYGuyana1 in 5.8Kas Kishore
- QAQatar≈1 in 7.6Kfew recordsas Kishor
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Kisor itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- India (inferred from the name graph)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 296 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.8K (inferred from the name graph)
≈800,000 named Kishor, est.
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
India, est., as Kishor
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)Locally spelled Kishor in IN India, US United States, BD Bangladesh and 3 more and Kishore in ID Indonesia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Probably an altered spelling of German Kaiser or Dutch Keyser. Compare Kiser.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Kisor counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | #152 | ≈800,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.8K | 35K | Kishor | 252 |
| BD Bangladesh | #907 | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 15K | — | Kishor | 40 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 142K | — | Kishore | 21 |
| US United States | — | 1,727as Kishore | 1 in 193K | 1.7K | Kishor | 296 |
| PK Pakistan | — | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 189K | — | Kishor | 25 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | — | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Kishor | 18 |
| QA Qatar | #311 | ≈380 est. | ≈1 in 7.6K | — | Kishor | 21 |
| GY Guyana | — | 129as Kishore | 1 in 5.8K | 129 | — | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
How to address them
(machine-generated)A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence
(measured from records)10 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 2 countries.
Reference works 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Kisor come from?
- Probably an altered spelling of German Kaiser or Dutch Keyser. Compare Kiser. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- Is Kisor a male or female name?
- Kisor is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Kisor mean?
- Recorded meaning: Probably an altered spelling of German Kaiser or Dutch Keyser.
- In which country does Kisor have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 798 thousand people named Kishor in India, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Kisor?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,727 people named Kishore in 2020, about 1 in 193 thousand residents.
- How common is Kisor compared with other names?
- In India, Kisor is the 152nd most common given name of 3,760,348 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kisorThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kisor” — the 152nd most common given name in India. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.