Ishama Surname
Approximately 77 people bear this surname
Ishama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maldives | 29 | 1:13,937 | 1,013 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
Ishama (206) may also be a first name.
Ishama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ishama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ishama (Hindi: ईशमा, Marathi: इशमा, Oriya: ଈଶମା) is carried by more people in The Maldives than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ishama? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,152,526th most widespread surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 94,643,453 people. The last name Ishama occurs mostly in Africa, where 57 percent of Ishama are found; 43 percent are found in South Asia and 38 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Ishama is also the 630,600th most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 206 people.
The last name Ishama is most frequently occurring in The Maldives, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 13,937. In The Maldives it is mostly concentrated in: Malé, where 59 percent are found, Alif Dhaal Atoll, where 7 percent are found and Haa Alif Atoll, where 7 percent are found. Outside of The Maldives this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 35 percent are found and Nigeria, where 22 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ishama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ishama in the Oriya language | ||
| ଈଶମା | isama | - |
| Ishama in the Marathi language | ||
| इशमा | isama | - |
| Ishama in the Hindi language | ||
| ईशमा | isama | 45.45 |
| इशमा | isama | 45.45 |
| इशामा | isama | 9.09 |
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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 Ishama
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