Ishaqa Surname
Approximately 1,530 people bear this surname
Ishaqa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,509 | 1:117,391 | 7,777 |
| Pakistan | 19 | 1:9,402,310 | 46,838 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ishaqa (1,728) may also be a first name.
Ishaqa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ishaqa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ishaqa is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ishaqa? popularity and diffusion
Ishaqa is the 257,425th most frequently used last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 4,763,102 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ishaqa reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ishaqa is also the 184,647th most frequently held forename globally, borne by 1,728 people.
Ishaqa is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,509 people, or 1 in 117,391. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Kano, where 30 percent reside, Zamfara, where 13 percent reside and Bauchi, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 1 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Ishaqa
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