Isac Forename
11,238th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 89,621 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Mozambique
Highest density in:
Mozambique
Isac Forename Definition:
A male name. Hebrew ‘laughter', the name of the s. of Abraham and Sarah. It occurs twice in the Old English period as the name of a priest. Isac occurs twice in Domesday Book, and the name was used from time to time in the following centuries, sometimes, but by no means always, by Jews.
Read More About This ForenameIsac Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozambique | - | 35,519 | 1:767 | 168 |
| Brazil | 100% | 26,176 | 1:8,184 | 985 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 11,593 | 1:6,368 | 750 |
| Mexico | 98% | 2,835 | 1:43,790 | 1,771 |
| India | 100% | 2,022 | 1:600,830 | 45,823 |
| Peru | 100% | 1,348 | 1:23,584 | 1,764 |
| United States | 100% | 1,007 | 1:360,017 | 10,574 |
| Mali | 70% | 884 | 1:19,206 | 1,374 |
| Guinea | - | 779 | 1:15,223 | 896 |
| Uganda | 100% | 749 | 1:54,682 | 3,127 |
| Sweden | 100% | 679 | 1:14,518 | 1,123 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 646 | 1:33,453 | 2,498 |
| Benin | 100% | 621 | 1:17,030 | 1,932 |
| Portugal | - | 424 | 1:24,554 | 1,086 |
| Argentina | 99% | 373 | 1:114,674 | 1,980 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 346 | 1:23,562 | 2,341 |
| Nigeria | 98% | 339 | 1:523,789 | 16,200 |
| Honduras | 100% | 264 | 1:33,399 | 1,877 |
| Paraguay | 98% | 262 | 1:27,621 | 1,477 |
| Burkina Faso | 99% | 251 | 1:73,225 | 4,429 |
| South Africa | 99% | 237 | 1:230,096 | 14,217 |
| Colombia | 100% | 227 | 1:210,480 | 4,848 |
| Egypt | - | 152 | 1:604,611 | 14,932 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 134 | 1:225,387 | 7,897 |
| Indonesia | - | 110 | 1:2,345,124 | 115,317 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 110 | 1:54,712 | 2,549 |
| Congo | 98% | 91 | 1:55,046 | 4,023 |
| Panama | 100% | 91 | 1:42,929 | 3,067 |
| Zimbabwe | 97% | 90 | 1:171,376 | 10,761 |
| Ecuador | - | 87 | 1:203,758 | 3,477 |
| Moldova | 100% | 77 | 1:46,249 | 879 |
| Cuba | - | 72 | 1:159,813 | 2,551 |
| Spain | 100% | 67 | 1:694,477 | 7,394 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 64 | 1:3,000 | 565 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 61 | 1:865,382 | 18,651 |
| Cape Verde | - | 50 | 1:10,583 | 1,080 |
| Suriname | - | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| Canada | 100% | 48 | 1:690,279 | 16,028 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 43 | 1:242,588 | 9,234 |
| Kenya | 100% | 42 | 1:1,102,550 | 19,235 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 40 | 1:576,898 | 20,488 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 38 | 1:278,984 | 2,829 |
| Finland | 91% | 36 | 1:152,311 | 2,948 |
| England | 100% | 28 | 1:1,985,819 | 25,430 |
| Romania | 100% | 28 | 1:716,142 | 19,534 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 28 | 1:122,416 | 2,875 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 26 | 1:1,171,152 | 39,513 |
| France | 100% | 25 | 1:2,658,814 | 13,885 |
| El Salvador | - | 22 | 1:288,263 | 3,425 |
| Italy | 76% | 22 | 1:2,775,550 | 17,247 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 20 | 1:238,397 | 5,063 |
| Chile | 100% | 19 | 1:926,695 | 8,687 |
| Germany | 100% | 19 | 1:5,088,309 | 20,573 |
| Belize | 100% | 17 | 1:20,842 | 2,309 |
| Liberia | 100% | 15 | 1:294,137 | 9,351 |
| Philippines | 100% | 14 | 1:7,572,106 | 116,282 |
| Israel | - | 11 | 1:763,902 | 12,174 |
| Norway | 100% | 11 | 1:466,575 | 8,612 |
| Senegal | 100% | 11 | 1:1,325,578 | 10,886 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 11 | 1:52,814 | 3,146 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 10 | 1:821,350 | 10,525 |
| Thailand | 92% | 10 | 1:7,006,581 | 112,087 |
| Zambia | - | 10 | 1:1,585,479 | 18,518 |
| Malawi | 100% | 9 | 1:1,901,368 | 9,999 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 9 | 1:3,423,618 | 14,711 |
| Qatar | - | 8 | 1:296,201 | 31,456 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 7 | 1:291,428 | 17,845 |
| Denmark | - | 6 | 1:941,583 | 11,543 |
| China | - | 5 | 1:273,211,156 | 75,889 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 5 | 1:3,380,417 | 28,284 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 5 | 1:4,753,936 | 76,486 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 5 | 1:1,430,399 | 43,518 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Kuwait | - | 4 | 1:946,316 | 12,511 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 4 | 1:48,589,420 | 158,924 |
| Singapore | - | 4 | 1:1,571,764 | 18,508 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,887,755 | 1,822 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Australia | - | 3 | 1:4,552,541 | 30,048 |
| Japan | - | 3 | 1:42,662,019 | 63,122 |
| Russia | - | 3 | 1:48,077,901 | 98,779 |
| Ireland | 100% | 2 | 1:2,321,760 | 8,894 |
| Belgium | 100% | 2 | 1:5,745,020 | 30,381 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Haiti | - | 2 | 1:5,363,476 | 32,317 |
| Hong Kong | - | 2 | 1:3,876,362 | 13,851 |
| Lebanon | - | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Burundi | 100% | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Wales | - | 1 | 1:3,094,309 | 16,222 |
The alternate forms: Isác (1) are calculated separately.
Isac (16,649) may also be a surname.
Isac Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Hebrew ‘laughter', the name of the s. of Abraham and Sarah. It occurs twice in the Old English period as the name of a priest. Isac occurs twice in Domesday Book, and the name was used from time to time in the following centuries, sometimes, but by no means always, by Jews. The surnames Isaac, Isaacs, Isaacson, Isacke are derived from it. After the Reformation it was much more commonly used. The spelling Izaak came in m the 17th C. It has now almost completely dropped out of use.
Isac Domesday Book 1086. Isaac Hundred Rolls 1373. Isake Lincs 1534.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
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