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Where Does The Last Name Isan Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Isan (Arabic: ايسان, Bengali: ইসান, Hindi: इसान, Marathi: इसन, Oriya: ଇଶାନ, Russian: Исан) has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Işan or Isán. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Isan? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 136,773^rd most common surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 2,221,813 people. The surname Isan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 65 percent of Isan are found; 43 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 27 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Isan is also the 63,594^th most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 9,462 people.

The surname Isan is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 794 people, or 1 in 166,561. In Indonesia Isan is mostly concentrated in: West Java, where 43 percent reside, Maluku, where 16 percent reside and West Nusa Tenggara, where 11 percent reside. Other than Indonesia it is found in 37 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 20 percent reside and Thailand, where 15 percent reside.

Isan Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Isan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Isan last name expanded 255 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Isan Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Isan last name are 26.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 80% being registered to vote for the political party.

Isan earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 105.54% more than the national average, earning $88,688 USD per year.