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
Ishagh (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺳﺤﺎﻕ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Ishagh.
How Common Is The Last Name Ishagh? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 622,538th most commonly used surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 14,782,040 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ishagh live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Ishagh is also the 300,342nd most frequent first name world-wide, held by 749 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 484 people, or 1 in 8,460. In Mauritania Ishagh is most frequent in: Trarza Region, where 26 percent reside, Hodh Chargui Region, where 20 percent reside and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 15 percent reside. Without taking into account Mauritania this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.
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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