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 Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Idriss Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Idriss Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Idriss (Arabic: ادريس, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺩﺭﻳﺲ, Hindi: इद्रिसस्, Marathi: इदरीस, Russian: Идрисс) is more frequently found in Chad than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Idriss.
How Common Is The Last Name Idriss? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,377th most common family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 43,945 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Idriss are found; 60 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Idriss is also the 8,429th most prevalent given name globally It is held by 122,766 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Chad, where it is held by 80,974 people, or 1 in 168. Other than Chad it occurs in 87 countries. It is also found in Sudan, where 31 percent are found and Nigeria, where 9 percent are found.
Idriss Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Idriss surname is principally Muslim (50%) in Kenya and Muslim (97%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Idriss last name are 4.91% more likely to be registered Democrats 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
- 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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Idriss
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