Ishahaq Surname
Approximately 513 people bear this surname
Ishahaq Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 467 | 1:379,321 | 20,165 |
| India | 39 | 1:19,668,343 | 291,059 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
Ishahaq (66) may also be a first name.
Ishahaq Demographics
Ishahaq Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Ishahaq Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ishahaq Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ishahaq (Hindi: इशहाक़, Marathi: इसहक) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ishahaq? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ishahaq is the 604,614th most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 14,205,743 people. Ishahaq occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Ishahaq reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,201,840th most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 66 people.
Ishahaq is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 467 people, or 1 in 379,321. In Nigeria Ishahaq is most numerous in: Kano, where 99 percent are found, Borno, where 0 percent are found and Kaduna, where 0 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 8 percent are found and Bangladesh, where 1 percent are found.
Ishahaq Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ishahaq Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ishahaq in the Marathi language | ||
| इसहक | isahaka | - |
| Ishahaq in the Hindi language | ||
| इशहाक़ | isahaqa | 76.47 |
| इशहाक | isahaka | 5.88 |
| इशहक़ | isahaqa | 5.88 |
| इस्हाक | is'haka | 2.94 |
| इसहाक | isahaka | 2.94 |
| इशाहाक़ | isahaqa | 2.94 |
| इशाहक | isahaka | 2.94 |
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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 Ishahaq
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