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Kissoon Surname Meaning

Indian: from an Anglicized form of the personal name Kishan a variant of Sanskrit krṣṇa ‘dark’; see Krishna.

This surname is found mainly in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, South Africa, and Mauritius and also in Jamaica; it is not used in India.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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