Iismail Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Somaliland

Iismail Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Iismail Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria301:5,904,759145,253
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Somaliland11:3,500,1821,592
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

Iismail (91) may also be a first name.

Iismail Last Name Facts

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

The surname Iismail (Marathi: माईल) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Iismail? popularity and diffusion

The last name Iismail is the 2,746,821st most numerous surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Iismail reside; 60 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Iismail is also the 998,282nd most commonly held forename worldwide It is held by 91 people.

The last name Iismail is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 5,904,759. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Kano, where 63 percent are found, Oyo, where 20 percent are found and Adamawa, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 18 percent are found and Indonesia, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hiismail9314/
Iismal921/
Iismael862/
Iesmail862/
Iimal8310/
Hjismail806/
Iesmaiel801/
Giismalh801/
Jjismail801/
Iismayilova783/
Esmail77116,417/
Ijimal771/
Iymail771/
Esmaiel713,673/
Esmayil71891/
Esmaail71481/
Esmaill71326/
Essmail71200/
Esmaial7113/
Eshmail715/
Esmaiyl714/
Yesmail714/
Esmaiil712/
Jesmail711/
Jiitmal711/
Hajiesmail711/
Email671,824/
Esmal6741/
Hajiesmaiel671/
Aaesmail671/
Iemal671/
Eshmaiil671/

Iismail Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Iismail in the Marathi language
माईलma'ila-

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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
  • 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 Iismail
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