The Kis surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 358 people carried this name — #56,972 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is up 12% from 321 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Kis surname
From kis (“small, little”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kis» (Hungarian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
182 people named Kis live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Poland’s population register
93 people named Kis have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 336 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 66 people named Kis.
Most of them — 42 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 45 people named Kis live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Chaco.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
75 people named Kis is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Kis,
with a public archive behind them.
-
István Szegedi Kis 1505–1572 · theologian -
Albert Kis 1664–1704 · military personnel -
József Kis-Viczay 1746–1810 · physician -
János Kis 1770–1846 · writer -
Máté Cecei Kis 1420–1490 · politician
-
Miklós Tótfalusi Kis 1650–1702 · printer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kis.
- Kirchner 10,044 · U.S. census
- Kirn 1,297 · U.S. census
- Kirsch 8,764 · U.S. census
- Kirscher 168 · U.S. census
- Kirschner 4,517 · U.S. census
- Kirtz 542 · U.S. census
- Kisler 336 · U.S. census
- Kiss 3,990 · U.S. census
- Kissel 4,756 · U.S. census
- Kissi 251 · U.S. census
- Kister 668 · U.S. census
- Kistler 6,742 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Kis is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.