Iskander Surname

23,406th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23,147 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Iskander Surname User-submission:

This is a Middle Eastern variant of the given name Alexander.

Iskander Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt12,8441:7,158868
Afghanistan3,1411:10,237719
Sudan2,2401:16,7462,298
Saudi Arabia1,2721:24,2583,358
United States1,1131:325,65929,603
Bangladesh8111:196,4946,734
Canada4031:91,42810,026
Kazakhstan1881:94,05610,635
Australia1631:165,61817,113
Russia1431:1,007,85477,587
United Arab Emirates1091:84,0587,655
England991:562,80934,447
Sweden971:101,5137,360
Kuwait871:43,6865,304
Singapore561:98,3524,171
Turkmenistan461:119,3292,383
Netherlands391:433,00544,158
Germany251:3,220,218147,383
Libya251:249,7591,033
France231:2,887,944200,772
Qatar221:107,18211,536
Uzbekistan221:1,405,87025,726
Iraq211:1,667,69816,789
New Zealand201:226,41621,878
Tunisia141:43,6166,025
Malaysia121:2,457,85295,442
Poland101:3,800,875132,137
Belarus101:950,10668,851
Kyrgyzstan61:995,44257,680
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Yemen41:6,606,32425,896
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Lithuania41:758,64725,175
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Lebanon31:1,879,02822,073
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
China31:455,773,85521,925
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Jersey11:99,2026,620

Iskander (39,322) may also be a first name.

Iskander Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This is a Middle Eastern variant of the given name Alexander.

- haffman97

Iskander Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Iskander Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Iskander (Arabic: أسكندر, Georgian: ისკანდერ, Russian: Искандер) has its highest incidence in Egypt. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Iskander? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 23,406th most commonly held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 314,838 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 65 percent of Iskander live; 65 percent live in North Africa and 65 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 22,525th most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 39,322 people.

The surname is most common in Egypt, where it is borne by 12,844 people, or 1 in 7,158. Barring Egypt it is found in 74 countries. It is also found in Afghanistan, where 14 percent reside and Sudan, where 10 percent reside.

Iskander Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Iskander last name is primarily Orthodox (86%) in Russia and Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan.

In The United States those bearing the Iskander last name are 5.97% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 52.74% being registered with the party.

The amount Iskander earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 24.25% more than the national average, earning $53,614 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.77% more than the national average, earning $64,971 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Iskander Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Iskander in the Georgian language
ისკანდერiskander-
Iskander in the Russian language
Искандерiskander-
Iskander in the Arabic language
أسكندرaskndr-

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