Al Issa Surname

25,271st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21,351 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jordan
Highest density in:
Jordan

Al Issa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al Issa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jordan9,5861:922129
Yemen3,9281:6,727910
Kuwait3,7601:1,011101
Lebanon1,4391:3,917728
Palestine9151:4,9711,116
Saudi Arabia9141:33,7594,846
United Arab Emirates5591:16,3901,969
Iraq1571:223,0684,985
Sweden241:410,28229,154
Tunisia181:33,9244,997
Syria101:1,930,1029,170
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
England41:13,929,515290,718
France31:22,140,907385,998
Oman31:1,229,3248,987
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Al Issa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Al Issa Come From? nationality or country of origin

Al Issa is carried by more people in Jordan than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Al Issa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Al Issa is the 25,271st most numerous family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 341,321 people. The last name Al Issa occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Al Issa are found; 100 percent are found in West Asia and 57 percent are found in Levant.

The surname is most frequently used in Jordan, where it is borne by 9,586 people, or 1 in 922. In Jordan it is mostly concentrated in: Mafraq Governorate, where 37 percent reside, Irbid Governorate, where 29 percent reside and Amman Governorate, where 17 percent reside. Not including Jordan it occurs in 28 countries. It also occurs in Yemen, where 18 percent reside and Kuwait, where 18 percent reside.

Al Issa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Al Issa surname is predominantly Sunni (53%) in Lebanon.

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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 Al Issa
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