Idriss Surname
Approximately 165,833 people bear this surname
Idriss Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 80,974 | 1:168 | 15 |
| Sudan | 51,800 | 1:724 | 88 |
| Nigeria | 14,873 | 1:11,910 | 1,228 |
| Egypt | 5,888 | 1:15,614 | 1,835 |
| Djibouti | 4,419 | 1:207 | 31 |
| Niger | 1,803 | 1:10,644 | 805 |
| Morocco | 1,261 | 1:27,340 | 4,350 |
| Mauritania | 826 | 1:4,957 | 595 |
| Cameroon | 741 | 1:28,028 | 3,807 |
| Ghana | 554 | 1:48,774 | 5,381 |
| Algeria | 289 | 1:133,673 | 18,229 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Kenya | 266 | 1:173,609 | 13,168 |
| Somalia | 245 | 1:54,906 | 2,420 |
| United States | 234 | 1:1,548,970 | 104,799 |
| Benin | 181 | 1:57,103 | 7,085 |
| France | 178 | 1:373,161 | 55,519 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| United Arab Emirates | 84 | 1:109,075 | 9,578 |
| England | 81 | 1:687,877 | 39,238 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Australia | 57 | 1:473,609 | 36,415 |
| Canada | 53 | 1:695,200 | 56,020 |
| Belgium | 41 | 1:280,406 | 33,354 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Tunisia | 37 | 1:16,503 | 2,651 |
| Sierra Leone | 36 | 1:196,934 | 344 |
| Malaysia | 32 | 1:921,695 | 41,854 |
| Germany | 32 | 1:2,515,796 | 126,826 |
| Sweden | 27 | 1:364,695 | 25,646 |
| Libya | 25 | 1:249,759 | 1,033 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Ivory Coast | 16 | 1:1,441,952 | 30,506 |
| Pakistan | 15 | 1:11,909,592 | 53,778 |
| Iceland | 14 | 1:27,149 | 2,069 |
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Denmark | 10 | 1:564,472 | 34,222 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| South Sudan | 9 | 1:1,268,342 | 1,210 |
| Mali | 9 | 1:1,885,448 | 1,868 |
| Syria | 9 | 1:2,144,558 | 9,551 |
| Comoros | 9 | 1:83,280 | 279 |
| Eritrea | 9 | 1:527,989 | 318 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Congo | 7 | 1:712,728 | 15,723 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Liberia | 4 | 1:1,102,134 | 37,930 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Jordan | 3 | 1:2,947,479 | 21,051 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Idriss (122,766) may also be a first name.
Idriss Demographics
Idriss Political Affiliation
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Idriss Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Idriss Come From? nationality or country of origin
Idriss (Arabic: ادريس, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺩﺭﻳﺲ, Hindi: इद्रिसस्, Marathi: इदरीस, Russian: Идрисс) is borne by more people in Chad than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Idriss? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,377th most common surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 43,945 people. Idriss is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Idriss live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Chadic Africa. Idriss is also the 8,429th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 122,766 people.
The last name Idriss is most frequent in Chad, where it is carried by 80,974 people, or 1 in 168. Excluding Chad it is found in 87 countries. It also occurs in Sudan, where 31 percent are found and Nigeria, where 9 percent are found.
Idriss Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Muslim (50%) in Kenya and Muslim (97%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Idriss last name are 4.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 58.14% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Idriss earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 14.44% less than the national average, earning 296,105 kr per year; in United States they earn 2.32% less than the national average, earning $42,150 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.07% less than the national average, earning $42,692 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Idriss Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Idriss in the Hindi language | ||
| इद्रिसस् | idrisas | - |
| Idriss in the Marathi language | ||
| इदरीस | idarisa | - |
| Idriss in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺩﺭﻳﺲ | adrys | 69.13 |
| ﺇﺩﺭﻳﺲ | adrys | 28.5 |
| ﺃﺩﺭﻳﺲ | adrys | 1.06 |
| ﺍﺩﺭﻳﺴﺎ | adrysa | 0.53 |
| ﺍﺩﻳﺮﺱ | adyrs | 0.26 |
| ﺇﺩﺭﻳﺴﺎ | adrysa | 0.26 |
| ﺍﺩﻳﺲ | adys | 0.26 |
| Idriss in the Russian language | ||
| Идрисс | idriss | - |
| Idriss in the Arabic language | ||
| ادريس | adrys | - |
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Footnotes
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