Ishaaq Surname
Approximately 2,147 people bear this surname
Ishaaq Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 1,954 | 1:91,425 | 3,018 |
| Nigeria | 90 | 1:1,968,253 | 69,534 |
| Brunei | 37 | 1:11,317 | 1,397 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Maldives | 21 | 1:19,246 | 1,262 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
Ishaaq (792) may also be a first name.
Ishaaq Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ishaaq Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ishaaq (Dhivehi: ުއިސްޙާޤު, Hindi: इस्हाक, Marathi: इसहाक) is found in Pakistan more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ishaaq? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 195,437th most frequent surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 3,394,292 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Ishaaq reside; 93 percent reside in South Asia and 92 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 291,086th most frequent first name in the world, held by 792 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Pakistan, where it is held by 1,954 people, or 1 in 91,425. In Pakistan Ishaaq is most common in: Punjab, where 56 percent reside, Sindh, where 21 percent reside and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 14 percent reside. Barring Pakistan it is found in 18 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 4 percent reside and Brunei, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ishaaq Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ishaaq in the Marathi language | ||
| इसहाक | isahaka | - |
| Ishaaq in the Dhivehi language | ||
| ުއިސްޙާޤު | uishaqu | - |
| Ishaaq in the Hindi language | ||
| इस्हाक | is'haka | 33.33 |
| इसहाक | isahaka | 33.33 |
| इशाक | isaka | 33.33 |
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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
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- 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 Ishaaq
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