Ishia Surname
Approximately 294 people bear this surname
Ishia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 280 | 1:632,653 | 29,888 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Ishia (511) may also be a first name.
Ishia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ishia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ishia is most common in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ishia? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 906,170th most common surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 24,787,571 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Ishia are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 374,142nd most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 511 people.
This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 280 people, or 1 in 632,653. In Nigeria Ishia is mostly concentrated in: Rivers, where 29 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 10 percent reside and Lagos, where 6 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent reside and Pakistan, where 1 percent reside.
Ishia Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Ishia has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ishia last name increased 600 percent between 1880 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 Ishia
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