Iska Surname
Approximately 1,641 people bear this surname
Iska Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 450 | 1:42,649 | 2,256 |
| India | 390 | 1:1,966,834 | 67,829 |
| Indonesia | 334 | 1:395,956 | 33,634 |
| Nigeria | 168 | 1:1,054,421 | 44,098 |
| Turkey | 107 | 1:727,303 | 36,784 |
| Kosovo | 52 | 1:35,805 | 3,330 |
| United States | 27 | 1:13,424,405 | 494,117 |
| Malaysia | 16 | 1:1,843,389 | 74,511 |
| North Macedonia | 14 | 1:150,105 | 11,233 |
| Greece | 14 | 1:791,414 | 84,075 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Austria | 7 | 1:1,216,491 | 80,919 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Iška (36), Iská (1) & Iskä (1) are calculated separately.
Iska (5,764) may also be a first name.
Iska Demographics
Iska Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Iska Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iska Come From? nationality or country of origin
Iska (Hindi: इस्का) is most common in Niger. It can appear in the variant forms: Iška, Iská or Iskä. Click here for other potential spellings of Iska.
How Common Is The Last Name Iska? popularity and diffusion
The surname Iska is the 243,084th most commonly used family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 4,440,918 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 48 percent of Iska reside; 38 percent reside in West Africa and 27 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 87,915th most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 5,764 people.
It is most commonly used in Niger, where it is held by 450 people, or 1 in 42,649. In Niger it is mostly found in: Tillabéri Region, where 93 percent are found, Tahoua Region, where 2 percent are found and Maradi Region, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Niger it is found in 40 countries. It is also common in India, where 24 percent are found and Indonesia, where 20 percent are found.
Iska Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Iska has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Iska surname increased 386 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Iska Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Iska last name is principally Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.
Iska earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.17% more than the national average, earning $44,516 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Iska Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Iska in the Hindi language | ||
| इस्का | iska | 55.56 |
| इसका | isaka | 22.22 |
| ईस्का | iska | 11.11 |
| ईश्क | iska | 11.11 |
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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
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- 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 Iska
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