Isimah Surname
Approximately 211 people bear this surname
Isimah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 204 | 1:868,347 | 37,996 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Isimah (400) may also be a first name.
Isimah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Isimah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Isimah is found most in Nigeria. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Isimah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,140,742nd most commonly used last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 34,538,132 people. The last name Isimah occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Isimah are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 431,593rd most commonly held given name at a global level, borne by 400 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 204 people, or 1 in 868,347. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Edo, where 26 percent are found, Delta, where 24 percent are found and Lagos, where 21 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 1 percent are found and Belgium, 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 Isimah
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