Isa Surname
Approximately 905,866 people bear this surname
Isa Surname User-submission:
Isa is the Arabic equivalent for 'Jesus' in English.
Isa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 597,051 | 1:297 | 31 |
| Malaysia | 80,848 | 1:365 | 29 |
| Egypt | 46,433 | 1:1,980 | 278 |
| Pakistan | 34,975 | 1:5,108 | 487 |
| Afghanistan | 29,829 | 1:1,078 | 134 |
| Iran | 21,700 | 1:3,538 | 463 |
| India | 20,294 | 1:37,798 | 2,682 |
| Indonesia | 19,192 | 1:6,891 | 898 |
| Japan | 9,389 | 1:13,616 | 1,718 |
| Israel | 5,642 | 1:1,517 | 126 |
| Tanzania | 5,142 | 1:10,296 | 1,332 |
| DR Congo | 4,782 | 1:15,450 | 1,919 |
| Sudan | 3,920 | 1:9,569 | 1,352 |
| Ethiopia | 3,381 | 1:28,851 | 3,488 |
| Angola | 2,958 | 1:9,124 | 1,120 |
| Somalia | 2,304 | 1:5,839 | 488 |
| Philippines | 2,122 | 1:47,709 | 7,760 |
| Cameroon | 2,077 | 1:10,000 | 1,326 |
| Argentina | 1,976 | 1:21,631 | 1,806 |
| Bangladesh | 1,262 | 1:126,273 | 5,065 |
| United States | 1,132 | 1:320,193 | 29,205 |
| Niger | 723 | 1:26,545 | 1,548 |
| Zimbabwe | 719 | 1:21,472 | 3,214 |
| Bulgaria | 716 | 1:9,747 | 1,110 |
| Cambodia | 697 | 1:22,220 | 1,356 |
| Bahrain | 529 | 1:2,549 | 407 |
| Dominican Republic | 416 | 1:25,079 | 1,567 |
| Albania | 378 | 1:7,709 | 1,477 |
| Turkey | 332 | 1:234,402 | 16,534 |
| Portugal | 330 | 1:31,570 | 1,981 |
| England | 295 | 1:188,875 | 16,792 |
| Papua New Guinea | 287 | 1:28,410 | 3,214 |
| Spain | 225 | 1:207,787 | 14,123 |
| Brazil | 224 | 1:955,689 | 34,042 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 216 | 1:27,651 | 4,550 |
| Thailand | 212 | 1:333,200 | 57,566 |
| Kosovo | 203 | 1:9,172 | 1,417 |
| Brunei | 190 | 1:2,204 | 395 |
| Uganda | 182 | 1:214,502 | 16,816 |
| Sweden | 181 | 1:54,402 | 4,208 |
| Romania | 161 | 1:124,707 | 13,682 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| France | 152 | 1:436,992 | 63,144 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Ecuador | 128 | 1:124,264 | 6,663 |
| North Macedonia | 127 | 1:16,547 | 2,390 |
| Greece | 93 | 1:119,138 | 20,020 |
| Solomon Islands | 91 | 1:6,374 | 933 |
| Hong Kong | 84 | 1:87,327 | 1,583 |
| Peru | 82 | 1:387,611 | 12,644 |
| Germany | 73 | 1:1,102,815 | 73,621 |
| United Arab Emirates | 72 | 1:127,254 | 10,508 |
| Australia | 66 | 1:409,026 | 32,879 |
| Canada | 64 | 1:575,712 | 47,839 |
| Mexico | 62 | 1:2,002,036 | 18,805 |
| Italy | 48 | 1:1,274,098 | 76,496 |
| Chile | 41 | 1:429,670 | 11,433 |
| Netherlands | 38 | 1:444,399 | 44,765 |
| South Africa | 35 | 1:1,547,934 | 78,799 |
| Nepal | 32 | 1:890,030 | 5,708 |
| Kenya | 27 | 1:1,710,367 | 35,924 |
| Benin | 24 | 1:430,650 | 30,545 |
| Belgium | 21 | 1:547,459 | 51,586 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Slovakia | 20 | 1:266,822 | 40,422 |
| Uruguay | 20 | 1:171,588 | 14,480 |
| Estonia | 19 | 1:69,569 | 12,771 |
| New Zealand | 19 | 1:238,333 | 22,631 |
| Venezuela | 19 | 1:1,589,688 | 20,788 |
| Colombia | 18 | 1:2,654,115 | 13,778 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Denmark | 17 | 1:332,042 | 23,714 |
| Norway | 17 | 1:302,487 | 30,120 |
| Panama | 17 | 1:230,133 | 6,157 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Hungary | 15 | 1:654,418 | 37,235 |
| Taiwan | 15 | 1:1,562,983 | 10,375 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| China | 12 | 1:113,943,464 | 5,994 |
| Scotland | 12 | 1:446,151 | 18,166 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11 | 1:321,491 | 12,768 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Austria | 9 | 1:946,159 | 70,786 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Syria | 9 | 1:2,144,558 | 9,551 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Jordan | 7 | 1:1,263,205 | 16,935 |
| Azerbaijan | 6 | 1:1,608,187 | 20,863 |
| Iceland | 5 | 1:76,018 | 4,442 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Guatemala | 3 | 1:5,360,889 | 8,925 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Serbia | 3 | 1:2,381,649 | 30,913 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 1:829,225 | 25,091 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1:454,658 | 14,297 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| Honduras | 2 | 1:4,408,221 | 7,709 |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 1:3,010,545 | 7,383 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
The alternate forms: Iša (37), Isä (4), Isá (1), Işa (1), Íša (1) & Īša (1) are calculated separately.
Isa (967,470) may also be a first name.
Isa Surname Meaning
Isa Demographics
Average Isa Salary in
United States
$46,052 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States
Isa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Isa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Isa (Arabic: عيسـى, Georgian: ისა, Hindi: ईसा, Marathi: इसा, Oriya: ଇସା) is most common in Nigeria. It can appear as: Iša, Isä, Isá, Işa, Íša or Īša. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Isa? popularity and diffusion
Isa is the 598th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 8,045 people. The surname Isa is predominantly found in Africa, where 74 percent of Isa reside; 66 percent reside in West Africa and 66 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 933rd most commonly used given name globally, held by 967,470 people.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 597,051 people, or 1 in 297. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Kano, where 17 percent live, Borno, where 9 percent live and Bauchi, where 7 percent live. Not including Nigeria Isa occurs in 140 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 9 percent live and Egypt, where 5 percent live.
Isa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Isa surname is principally Muslim (94%) in Russia, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan, Muslim (71%) in Kenya and Muslim (83%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Isa surname are 17.72% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 70.95% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Isa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 34.7% less than the national average, earning 225,988 kr per year; in Peru they earn 128.26% more than the national average, earning S/. 44,248 per year; in South Africa they earn 1168.89% more than the national average, earning R 3,015,360 per year; in Colombia they earn 28.81% more than the national average, earning $29,243,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 6.73% more than the national average, earning $46,052 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.05% more than the national average, earning $51,197 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Isa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Isa in the Georgian language | ||
| ისა | isa | - |
| Isa in the Hindi language | ||
| ईसा | isa | 74.12 |
| इसा | isa | 24.21 |
| ईशा | isa | 0.14 |
| ़ईसा | isa | 0.1 |
| ीसा | isa | 0.1 |
| िसा | isa | 0.03 |
| Isa in the Marathi language | ||
| इसा | isa | 56.77 |
| ईसा | isa | 42.55 |
| िस | isa | 0.12 |
| इस | isa | 0.07 |
| इशा | isa | 0.03 |
| इश | isa | 0.03 |
| ईस | isa | 0.02 |
| िश | isa | 0.02 |
| ईशा | isa | 0.02 |
| Isa in the Oriya language | ||
| ଇସା | isa | 43.87 |
| ଇଶା | isa | 28.39 |
| ଇଷା | isa | 18.71 |
| ଈଶା | isa | 3.87 |
| ଈଷା | isa | 1.94 |
| ଇସ | isa | 1.29 |
| ଈସା | isa | 1.29 |
| ଇଶ | isa | 0.65 |
| Isa in the Arabic language | ||
| عيسـى | ysy | - |
| عيسِى | ysiy | - |
| ايسا | aysa | - |
| عيَسى | yasy | - |
| بعيسي | bysy | - |
| بعيسى | bysy | - |
| عيسي | ysy | - |
| عيسى | ysy | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
- 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 Isa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis