Ishaw Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Ishaw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Ishaw (48) may also be a first name.
Ishaw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ishaw Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ishaw is most common in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ishaw? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,116,508th most common family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 65 percent of Ishaw reside; 65 percent reside in West Africa and 65 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ishaw is also the 1,448,253rd most commonly used given name internationally, borne by 48 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 36 percent reside, Ogun, where 29 percent reside and Oyo, where 21 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 22 percent reside and England, where 4 percent reside.
Ishaw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Ishaw has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Ishaw surname rose 167 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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 Ishaw
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