Ishong Surname
Approximately 142 people bear this surname
Ishong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 140 | 1:1,265,305 | 50,482 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ishong (23) may also be a first name.
Ishong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ishong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ishong is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ishong.
How Common Is The Last Name Ishong? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,484,726th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 51,320,746 people. Ishong occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ishong live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ishong is also the 2,239,265th most frequent given name on earth. It is borne by 23 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 140 people, or 1 in 1,265,305. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Cross River, where 69 percent are found, Taraba, where 11 percent are found and Benue, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 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 Ishong
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