Issa Forename
991st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 925,647 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Mali
Highest density in:
Mali
Issa Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 99% | 144,863 | 1:117 | 23 |
| Niger | 95% | 130,571 | 1:147 | 22 |
| Burkina Faso | 98% | 128,321 | 1:143 | 15 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 113,730 | 1:464 | 75 |
| Chad | 98% | 52,642 | 1:258 | 30 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 37,782 | 1:572 | 102 |
| Senegal | 87% | 35,275 | 1:413 | 83 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 28,562 | 1:808 | 90 |
| Kenya | 91% | 28,142 | 1:1,645 | 313 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 24,549 | 1:7,233 | 1,058 |
| Benin | 93% | 21,817 | 1:485 | 54 |
| Uganda | 98% | 20,401 | 1:2,008 | 304 |
| Guinea | 93% | 19,230 | 1:617 | 97 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 16,394 | 1:432 | 103 |
| Burundi | 100% | 13,034 | 1:760 | 233 |
| Sudan | 100% | 12,692 | 1:2,979 | 520 |
| DR Congo | 91% | 12,203 | 1:6,050 | 728 |
| Ethiopia | 96% | 11,906 | 1:8,194 | 1,248 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 8,460 | 1:1,344 | 285 |
| Libya | - | 8,079 | 1:770 | 138 |
| Somalia | - | 6,502 | 1:2,080 | 337 |
| Mauritania | 99% | 5,438 | 1:753 | 108 |
| South Sudan | 74% | 4,882 | 1:2,366 | 378 |
| Mozambique | - | 4,800 | 1:5,676 | 1,044 |
| Togo | - | 4,203 | 1:1,722 | 271 |
| United States | 83% | 3,272 | 1:110,800 | 4,770 |
| Malawi | 97% | 2,707 | 1:6,322 | 846 |
| Oman | 100% | 2,608 | 1:1,575 | 252 |
| Comoros | - | 2,038 | 1:374 | 54 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,982 | 1:15,546 | 2,113 |
| Morocco | 68% | 1,883 | 1:18,241 | 1,177 |
| France | 100% | 1,722 | 1:38,601 | 1,321 |
| Egypt | 100% | 1,453 | 1:63,249 | 3,345 |
| Mauritius | - | 1,228 | 1:1,057 | 157 |
| Russia | 99% | 813 | 1:177,409 | 2,757 |
| Spain | 100% | 797 | 1:58,381 | 2,177 |
| Gabon | 75% | 762 | 1:2,472 | 591 |
| Djibouti | - | 674 | 1:1,359 | 242 |
| Ghana | - | 674 | 1:40,039 | 2,307 |
| Canada | 100% | 631 | 1:52,509 | 3,391 |
| India | 82% | 597 | 1:2,034,971 | 105,541 |
| Mexico | 90% | 466 | 1:266,404 | 4,138 |
| Sweden | 98% | 458 | 1:21,524 | 1,472 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 443 | 1:582,311 | 42,051 |
| Pakistan | 85% | 425 | 1:457,312 | 10,974 |
| Brazil | 77% | 412 | 1:519,991 | 16,824 |
| Philippines | 92% | 389 | 1:272,518 | 10,972 |
| England | 59% | 381 | 1:145,939 | 4,827 |
| Congo | 100% | 378 | 1:13,252 | 1,563 |
| Kuwait | - | 266 | 1:14,230 | 1,622 |
| Qatar | 100% | 230 | 1:10,303 | 1,658 |
| Germany | 87% | 202 | 1:478,603 | 5,167 |
| Venezuela | 95% | 189 | 1:159,798 | 6,291 |
| Jordan | 100% | 170 | 1:51,922 | 1,574 |
| Belgium | 81% | 165 | 1:69,637 | 2,891 |
| Honduras | 95% | 153 | 1:57,631 | 2,463 |
| Thailand | 100% | 149 | 1:470,240 | 22,803 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 142 | 1:73,460 | 4,284 |
| Iraq | 100% | 135 | 1:259,392 | 3,971 |
| South Africa | 83% | 121 | 1:450,683 | 22,313 |
| Liberia | 95% | 105 | 1:42,020 | 2,355 |
| El Salvador | - | 103 | 1:61,571 | 1,745 |
| Zimbabwe | 96% | 94 | 1:164,083 | 10,419 |
| Malaysia | 62% | 90 | 1:338,333 | 16,697 |
| Bahrain | - | 89 | 1:15,154 | 2,209 |
| Portugal | - | 83 | 1:125,432 | 3,169 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 82 | 1:87,219 | 7,256 |
| Iran | - | 80 | 1:981,211 | 8,513 |
| Kazakhstan | 94% | 80 | 1:221,836 | 4,721 |
| Syria | - | 65 | 1:297,017 | 2,524 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 60 | 1:11,282 | 1,079 |
| Algeria | 100% | 59 | 1:647,063 | 4,794 |
| Greece | 94% | 56 | 1:195,260 | 4,026 |
| Italy | 79% | 50 | 1:1,221,242 | 10,022 |
| Angola | - | 49 | 1:550,339 | 1,990 |
| Denmark | - | 49 | 1:115,296 | 3,163 |
| Panama | 92% | 45 | 1:86,812 | 4,552 |
| Norway | 100% | 43 | 1:119,356 | 3,629 |
| Zambia | - | 42 | 1:377,495 | 9,900 |
| Netherlands | 83% | 41 | 1:412,246 | 11,096 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 97% | 39 | 1:34,908 | 3,522 |
| China | - | 36 | 1:37,945,994 | 61,562 |
| Australia | - | 32 | 1:426,801 | 7,298 |
| Peru | 74% | 32 | 1:993,483 | 13,322 |
| Brunei | - | 30 | 1:13,986 | 936 |
| Colombia | 95% | 30 | 1:1,592,631 | 14,833 |
| Japan | 100% | 29 | 1:4,413,312 | 26,525 |
| Switzerland | 81% | 27 | 1:304,204 | 5,947 |
| Central African Republic | - | 25 | 1:180,616 | 330 |
| Yemen | - | 24 | 1:1,095,698 | 3,218 |
| Chile | 56% | 23 | 1:765,531 | 7,771 |
| Papua New Guinea | 77% | 22 | 1:370,560 | 29,207 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 21 | 1:767,068 | 4,487 |
| Argentina | 86% | 18 | 1:2,376,291 | 8,279 |
| Austria | 91% | 17 | 1:500,835 | 4,712 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 17 | 1:351,369 | 12,997 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 12 | 1:8,283 | 1,404 |
| Nicaragua | 71% | 12 | 1:501,528 | 8,668 |
| Cyprus | 50% | 11 | 1:79,189 | 2,418 |
| Iceland | - | 11 | 1:33,274 | 2,039 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 11 | 1:51,277 | 1,980 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 11 | 1:223,523 | 3,995 |
| Belarus | 86% | 9 | 1:1,053,598 | 5,565 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 9 | 1:192,024 | 110 |
| Israel | 95% | 9 | 1:933,658 | 13,501 |
| Madagascar | - | 9 | 1:2,625,490 | 3,077 |
| Poland | 82% | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Croatia | 100% | 8 | 1:527,134 | 5,786 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 8 | 1:703,446 | 7,424 |
| Singapore | 100% | 7 | 1:898,151 | 14,197 |
| Turkey | 100% | 7 | 1:11,114,530 | 34,230 |
| Romania | - | 6 | 1:3,341,996 | 26,471 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:18,291 | 1,938 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 5 | 1:1,928,589 | 20,785 |
| Costa Rica | 60% | 5 | 1:953,590 | 10,779 |
| Czechia | 100% | 5 | 1:2,131,232 | 5,044 |
| Haiti | - | 5 | 1:2,145,391 | 20,367 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Bulgaria | - | 4 | 1:1,747,598 | 14,265 |
| Cambodia | 67% | 4 | 1:4,068,332 | 35,322 |
| Ecuador | - | 4 | 1:4,431,730 | 16,276 |
| Finland | 75% | 4 | 1:1,370,796 | 11,464 |
| Nepal | 50% | 4 | 1:7,121,838 | 62,014 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 4 | 1:44,454 | 3,465 |
| Scotland | - | 4 | 1:1,337,592 | 11,885 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Hong Kong | - | 3 | 1:2,584,242 | 11,307 |
| Moldova | - | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Jamaica | - | 2 | 1:1,441,614 | 15,741 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| New Zealand | - | 2 | 1:2,268,022 | 12,390 |
| Palestine | 50% | 2 | 1:2,275,029 | 4,783 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Wales | 100% | 2 | 1:1,547,154 | 12,610 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Somaliland | - | 1 | 1:3,501,776 | 1,551 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
The alternate forms: Îssa (1) are calculated separately.
Issa (1,160,425) may also be a surname.
Issa Forename Popularity
Issa Demographics
Issa Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 573 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
Issa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Issa in the Russian language | ||
| Исса | issa | - |
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Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Issa