Isah Surname
Approximately 849,580 people bear this surname
Isah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 741,897 | 1:239 | 22 |
| India | 100,473 | 1:7,635 | 657 |
| Indonesia | 3,813 | 1:34,684 | 4,058 |
| Cameroon | 747 | 1:27,803 | 3,775 |
| Togo | 735 | 1:9,861 | 2,446 |
| Ghana | 623 | 1:43,372 | 4,874 |
| Philippines | 371 | 1:272,879 | 39,888 |
| Malaysia | 313 | 1:94,231 | 6,529 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| England | 101 | 1:551,664 | 33,983 |
| Brunei | 73 | 1:5,736 | 837 |
| Zimbabwe | 44 | 1:350,869 | 33,247 |
| United States | 28 | 1:12,944,962 | 483,512 |
| Taiwan | 23 | 1:1,019,337 | 7,080 |
| Iceland | 22 | 1:17,277 | 1,456 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Poland | 11 | 1:3,455,341 | 126,214 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Tanzania | 7 | 1:7,563,088 | 70,659 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Isah (540,957) may also be a first name.
Isah Demographics
Isah Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Isah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Isah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Isah (Hindi: िसह, Marathi: इसाह) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Isah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 638th most commonly occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,578 people. The last name Isah is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Isah reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 87 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,846th most widely held first name in the world It is held by 540,957 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 741,897 people, or 1 in 239. In Nigeria Isah is mostly found in: Kano, where 17 percent reside, Niger, where 11 percent reside and Katsina, where 10 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 57 countries. It is also common in India, where 12 percent reside and Indonesia, where 0 percent reside.
Isah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Isah has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 1,400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Isah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Isah surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Muslim (94%) in Nigeria.
Isah earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 37.46% less than the national average, earning $26,985 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Isah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Isah in the Hindi language | ||
| िसह | isaha | 99.99 |
| ीसह | isaha | 0.01 |
| Isah in the Marathi language | ||
| इसाह | isaha | 66.67 |
| ईसाह | isaha | 16.67 |
| ईसह | isaha | 16.67 |
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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 Isah
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