Ishan Surname
Approximately 10,793 people bear this surname
Ishan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 3,439 | 1:9,350 | 686 |
| Sri Lanka | 3,435 | 1:6,058 | 889 |
| Bangladesh | 1,983 | 1:80,361 | 3,747 |
| India | 591 | 1:1,297,911 | 50,982 |
| Nigeria | 402 | 1:440,654 | 22,618 |
| Pakistan | 216 | 1:827,055 | 11,601 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Maldives | 151 | 1:2,677 | 260 |
| Kazakhstan | 99 | 1:178,611 | 17,118 |
| Iran | 52 | 1:1,476,587 | 59,047 |
| Indonesia | 44 | 1:3,005,664 | 168,399 |
| United Arab Emirates | 42 | 1:218,149 | 14,475 |
| Malaysia | 39 | 1:756,262 | 35,302 |
| Iraq | 37 | 1:946,531 | 12,381 |
| United States | 27 | 1:13,424,405 | 494,117 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Tajikistan | 9 | 1:931,855 | 5,350 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 1:2,391,366 | 115,093 |
The alternate forms: İşhan (12) are calculated separately.
Ishan (49,764) may also be a first name.
Ishan Demographics
Average Ishan Salary in
United States
$35,017 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ishan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ishan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ishan (Arabic: ايشان, Bengali: ঈশান, Hindi: ईशान, Marathi: ईशान, Oriya: ଇଶାନ, Russian: Ишан, Tibetan: ཨི་ཤཱན་) is found in Afghanistan more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: İşhan. Click here for further possible spellings of Ishan.
How Common Is The Last Name Ishan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 47,869th most frequent family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 675,210 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Ishan are found; 91 percent are found in South Asia and 54 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 18,568th most common forename world-wide, borne by 49,764 people.
It is most common in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 3,439 people, or 1 in 9,350. In Afghanistan it is most numerous in: Takhar, where 24 percent reside, Badakhshan, where 19 percent reside and Kunduz, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Afghanistan this last name occurs in 37 countries. It also occurs in Sri Lanka, where 32 percent reside and Bangladesh, where 18 percent reside.
Ishan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Ishan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ishan last name rose 129 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Ishan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan.
In The United States those bearing the Ishan surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% registered to vote for the party.
Ishan earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 18.85% less than the national average, earning $35,017 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ishan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ishan in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཨི་ཤཱན་ | ishen | - |
| Ishan in the Hindi language | ||
| ईशान | isana | 69.27 |
| इशान | isana | 21.91 |
| ईशन | isana | 3.71 |
| र्इशान | r'isana | 2.86 |
| इशन | isana | 0.62 |
| इशां | isam | 0.39 |
| ईशां | isam | 0.33 |
| िसहं | isaham | 0.2 |
| ईषान | isana | 0.13 |
| ईसान | isana | 0.1 |
| इसान | isana | 0.1 |
| इषान | isana | 0.03 |
| इशं | isam | 0.03 |
| इशाऩ | isana | 0.03 |
| ईशान् | isan | 0.03 |
| ईशं | isam | 0.03 |
| ईशाऩ | isana | 0.03 |
| Ishan in the Oriya language | ||
| ଇଶାନ | isana | 66.67 |
| ଇଶାନ୍ | isan | 9.52 |
| ଈଶାନ | isana | 5.95 |
| ଈଷାନ | isana | 3.57 |
| ଇଷାନ | isana | 2.38 |
| ଇଶାଣ | isana | 2.38 |
| ଇଶନ | isana | 2.38 |
| ଇସାନ | isana | 2.38 |
| ିଶାନ | isana | 1.19 |
| ଇଷନ | isana | 1.19 |
| ଈଶାନ୍ | isan | 1.19 |
| Ishan in the Bengali language | ||
| ঈশান | isana | 52.17 |
| ইশান | isana | 39.13 |
| ঈশানরায় | isanaraya | 4.35 |
| ইশানমোহন | isanamohana | 4.35 |
| Ishan in the Marathi language | ||
| ईशान | isana | 50.72 |
| इशान | isana | 38.91 |
| ईशन | isana | 3.7 |
| इशन | isana | 2.05 |
| खान | khana | 0.72 |
| हाण | hana | 0.41 |
| इसान | isana | 0.21 |
| इसन | isana | 0.21 |
| फन | phana | 0.21 |
| हाने | hane | 0.21 |
| ईसान | isana | 0.1 |
| ईषान | isana | 0.1 |
| इशां | isam | 0.1 |
| ईशण | isana | 0.1 |
| ीशान | isana | 0.1 |
| इशाण | isana | 0.1 |
| Ishan in the Russian language | ||
| Ишан | isan | - |
| Ishan in the Arabic language | ||
| ايشان | ayshan | - |
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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 Ishan
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