Ishag Surname
Approximately 73,588 people bear this surname
Ishag Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sudan | 72,241 | 1:519 | 65 |
| Saudi Arabia | 716 | 1:43,095 | 6,100 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Indonesia | 125 | 1:1,057,994 | 76,813 |
| Maldives | 82 | 1:4,929 | 451 |
| United States | 54 | 1:6,712,202 | 314,667 |
| England | 46 | 1:1,211,262 | 56,182 |
| Nigeria | 44 | 1:4,025,972 | 113,480 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5 | 1:1,832,455 | 58,414 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
| Oman | 3 | 1:1,229,324 | 8,987 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
Ishag (9,789) may also be a first name.
Ishag Demographics
Average Ishag Salary in
United States
$41,845 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ishag Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ishag Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ishag (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺇﺳﺤﺎﻕ, Hindi: इस्हाग) is borne by more people in Sudan than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ishag? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 7,713th most frequently used family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 99,032 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ishag are found; 98 percent are found in North Africa and 98 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 62,145th most frequently used forename internationally It is held by 9,789 people.
Ishag is most frequently held in Sudan, where it is held by 72,241 people, or 1 in 519. Other than Sudan this last name exists in 40 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 1 percent reside and Egypt, where 0 percent reside.
Ishag Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Ishag last name are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 75% registered with the political party.
The amount Ishag earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 12% more than the national average, earning 387,610 kr per year; in United States they earn 3.02% less than the national average, earning $41,845 USD per year and in Canada they earn 33.17% less than the national average, earning $33,202 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ishag Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ishag in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺇﺳﺤﺎﻕ | ashaq | 75 |
| ﺍﺳﺤﺎﻕ | ashaq | 25 |
| Ishag in the Hindi language | ||
| इस्हाग | is'haga | 50 |
| इशाग | isaga | 50 |
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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 Ishag
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