Ishagh Surname
Approximately 493 people bear this surname
Ishagh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 484 | 1:8,460 | 906 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Ishagh (749) may also be a first name.
Ishagh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ishagh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ishagh (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺳﺤﺎﻕ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ishagh? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 622,538th most frequently held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 14,782,040 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ishagh reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Ishagh is also the 300,342nd most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 749 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is borne by 484 people, or 1 in 8,460. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Trarza Region, where 26 percent live, Hodh Chargui Region, where 20 percent live and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 15 percent live. Excluding Mauritania this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ishagh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ishagh in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺳﺤﺎﻕ | ashaq | 73.2 |
| ﺇﺳﺤﺎﻕ | ashaq | 25.31 |
| ﺃﺳﺤﺎﻕ | ashaq | 1.24 |
| ﺍﺳﺤﺎﻗﻖ | ashaqq | 0.25 |
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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 Ishagh
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