Bisi

surname · Latin script

Meaning: do dialetal bixio, de cor cinza; também patronímico de Bixius

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/bɪsi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Bisi is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.8M(measured from records)
  • FIFinland1 in 57K
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 136K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

India (measured from records)

2,276 people

Sources
119 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 57K (inferred from the name graph)

Finland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Portuguese

do dialetal bixio, de cor cinza; também patronímico de Bixius

Sources 1

  • Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

Where in the world(measured from records)

Bisi 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.

Where Bisi is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IN India2,2761 in 583K2.3KBisi22
BR Brazil6721 in 315K672—1
US United States1901 in 1.8M200Bisi119
AR Argentina1141 in 399K114——
FI Finland971 in 57K97—4
CH Switzerland621 in 136K62—3

2,276 people counted by Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. 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 — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Bisi is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Portuguese surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Argentina, United States, Venezuela

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Bişi

  • Nepali surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written Biśī, Bīsī

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Bīsī, Biśī, Bisī, Biši

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Nigeria, Malaysia, Indonesia

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Bişi

  • Bangla surname11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Nigeria

    Languages: Bangla, Odia

    Also written বিশি, ବସୁ, Bisu, Biśī, বিসি

43 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Bisi is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Italian, Variante di Bixio

    as a nameDizionario dei cognomi italiani

  • In Indonesian, an expression to express concern about the possibility of something; in case, lest

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In nak, small, little, narrow, young, insignificant

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In iba, to be present, to exist, be there

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In mqs, the calf of a leg

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

175018001850190019502000Giuseppe Bisi, b. 1787Michele Bisi, b. 1788Luigi Bisi, b. 1814Emilio Bisi, b. 1850Sofia Bisi Albini, b. 1856Adriana Bisi Fabbri, b. 1880Carlo Bisi, b. 1890Anna Maria Bisi, b. 1938Stefano Bisi, b. 1957Paolo Bisi, b. 1964

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

Formalआदरणीय श्री Bisi जी,Respected Bisi ji, (English)
Informalनमस्ते Bisi जी,Hi Bisi, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 27 sources across 14 countries.

Official registers attesting Bisi
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—31K#107
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls—2.3K#2,846
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—672#13,049
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020200#97,359
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000195#88,461
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010190#95,955
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—114—
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—97#13,005
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202462#15,845
FI FinlandDVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register)—52—
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 5

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

How do you pronounce Bisi?
A machine transcription gives /bɪsi/ (IPA) for Hindi.
What does the name Bisi mean?
Recorded meaning: do dialetal bixio, de cor cinza; também patronímico de Bixius
In which country does Bisi have the most bearers?
In India, the national register counted about 2.3 thousand people named Bisi, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bisi.
Where is Bisi most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Bisi is densest in Finland — about 1 in 57 thousand people — even though India holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Bisi?
In India, the national register counted 2,276 people named Bisi, about 1 in 583 thousand residents.

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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, “Bisi”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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