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
Ishaaq (Dhivehi: ުއިސްޙާޤު, Hindi: इस्हाक, Marathi: इसहाक) is carried by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ishaaq? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 195,437th most frequently occurring last name globally It is held by around 1 in 3,394,292 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 95 percent of Ishaaq are found; 93 percent are found in South Asia and 92 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Ishaaq is also the 291,086th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 792 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Pakistan, where it is held by 1,954 people, or 1 in 91,425. In Pakistan Ishaaq is most numerous in: Punjab, where 56 percent live, Sindh, where 21 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 14 percent live. Beside Pakistan this last name occurs in 18 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 4 percent live and Brunei, where 2 percent live.
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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