Abu Ishaq Surname
Approximately 500 people bear this surname
Abu Ishaq Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palestine | 407 | 1:11,177 | 2,166 |
| Israel | 80 | 1:106,970 | 12,128 |
| Pakistan | 13 | 1:13,741,837 | 58,392 |
Abu Ishaq (13) may also be a first name.
Abu Ishaq Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abu Ishaq Come From? nationality or country of origin
Abu Ishaq is borne by more people in Palestine than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abu Ishaq? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 616,129th most commonly occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 14,575,092 people. The last name Abu Ishaq occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Abu Ishaq are found; 97 percent are found in West Asia and 81 percent are found in Levant. It is also the 3,159,357th most common given name on earth, borne by 13 people.
The surname is most widely held in Palestine, where it is borne by 407 people, or 1 in 11,177. In Palestine Abu Ishaq is mostly concentrated in: Khan Yunis Governorate, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Palestine this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 16 percent reside and Pakistan, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abu Ishaque | 90 | 5 | / |
| Abu Ishak | 89 | 366 | / |
| Abu Issaq | 89 | 11 | / |
| Abu Isahak | 84 | 1 | / |
| Abu Isak | 82 | 1 | / |
| Abu Eshaque | 80 | 1 | / |
| Abu Eshak | 78 | 9 | / |
| Abu Isaac | 78 | 2 | / |
| Abu Esahak | 74 | 1 | / |
| Abu Ichahaque | 73 | 1 | / |
| Abu Easahak | 70 | 1 | / |
| Abou-Isaac | 63 | 2 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- 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 Abu Ishaq
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