Isaiah Surname
Approximately 51,009 people bear this surname
Isaiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 42,458 | 1:4,172 | 556 |
| Kenya | 3,643 | 1:12,676 | 1,577 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,049 | 1:7,773 | 578 |
| Ghana | 1,039 | 1:26,006 | 3,108 |
| United States | 656 | 1:552,529 | 45,649 |
| Malawi | 601 | 1:28,484 | 4,289 |
| Botswana | 237 | 1:9,228 | 1,674 |
| Vanuatu | 197 | 1:1,336 | 359 |
| Iran | 170 | 1:451,662 | 27,809 |
| South Africa | 153 | 1:354,103 | 32,399 |
| Cameroon | 131 | 1:158,543 | 17,246 |
| India | 113 | 1:6,788,189 | 152,128 |
| Zimbabwe | 101 | 1:152,854 | 19,365 |
| England | 60 | 1:928,634 | 47,428 |
| Liberia | 55 | 1:80,155 | 6,706 |
| Marshall Islands | 47 | 1:1,103 | 266 |
| Tanzania | 44 | 1:1,203,218 | 46,561 |
| Canada | 39 | 1:944,759 | 71,777 |
| Israel | 31 | 1:276,053 | 24,632 |
| Uganda | 30 | 1:1,301,309 | 50,636 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| Solomon Islands | 15 | 1:38,669 | 7,565 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Cook Islands | 3 | 1:6,060 | 1,122 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 86 | 1:583,938 | 39,464 |
Isaiah (147,095) may also be a first name.
Isaiah Demographics
Average Male Isaiah Height
173.89 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Isaiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Isaiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Isaiah (Arabic: اشعيا, Marathi: इिसइ) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Isaiah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 11,004th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 142,868 people. The last name Isaiah is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Isaiah live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Isaiah is also the 7,130th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 147,095 people.
This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 42,458 people, or 1 in 4,172. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Akwa Ibom, where 16 percent are found, Rivers, where 10 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 7 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 64 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 7 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found.
Isaiah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Isaiah has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Isaiah last name expanded 763 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Isaiah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (98%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Isaiah surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 75% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Isaiah earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 43.17% more than the national average, earning R 340,236 per year and in United States they earn 19.74% less than the national average, earning $34,631 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Isaiah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Isaiah in the Marathi language | ||
| इिसइ | iisa'i | 50 |
| इसाई | isa'i | 50 |
| Isaiah in the Arabic language | ||
| اشعيا | ashya | - |
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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 Isaiah
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