Ishiga Surname
Approximately 1,670 people bear this surname
Ishiga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1,626 | 1:78,625 | 5,324 |
| Brazil | 37 | 1:5,785,793 | 142,916 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ishiga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ishiga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ishiga occurs most in Japan. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Ishiga click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ishiga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 239,727th most common last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 4,363,800 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Ishiga reside; 97 percent reside in East Asia and 97 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.
The last name is most widely held in Japan, where it is borne by 1,626 people, or 1 in 78,625. In Japan Ishiga is most frequent in: Tottori Prefecture, where 41 percent are found, Osaka Prefecture, where 16 percent are found and Okayama Prefecture, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Japan Ishiga exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 2 percent are found and Malaysia, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Ishiga
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