Iskanderov Surname

106,208th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,403 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Kyrgyzstan

Iskanderov Surname User-submission:

This is a Russified patronymic surname, meaning 'son of Iskander', the Middle Eastern variant of the name Alexander.

Iskanderov Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia3,0061:47,9456,342
Uzbekistan5991:51,6356,264
Kazakhstan3291:53,7466,818
Kyrgyzstan2031:29,4224,791
Turkmenistan1481:37,089692
Azerbaijan771:125,3133,965
Georgia211:178,35911,356
Belarus81:1,187,63277,603
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Iskanderov Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This is a Russified patronymic surname, meaning 'son of Iskander', the Middle Eastern variant of the name Alexander.

- haffman97

Iskanderov Last Name Facts

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

Iskanderov (Georgian: ისკანდეროვი, Russian: Искандеров) is most common in Russia. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Iskanderov.

How Common Is The Last Name Iskanderov? popularity and diffusion

Iskanderov is the 106,208th most commonly held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,655,132 people. Iskanderov is mostly found in Europe, where 64 percent of Iskanderov live; 64 percent live in Eastern Europe and 45 percent live in North Caucasus.

The last name Iskanderov is most common in Russia, where it is borne by 3,006 people, or 1 in 47,945. In Russia it is most common in: Republic of Dagestan, where 66 percent reside, Republic of Tatarstan, where 5 percent reside and Moscow, where 4 percent reside. Aside from Russia this last name is found in 17 countries. It also occurs in Uzbekistan, where 14 percent reside and Kazakhstan, where 7 percent reside.

Iskanderov Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Muslim (95%) in Russia and Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan.

In The United States those holding the Iskanderov last name are 3.91% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 50.68% being registered with the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Iskanderov Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Iskanderov in the Georgian language
ისკანდეროვიiskanderovi84.62
ისკანდეროვiskanderov15.38
Iskanderov in the Russian language
Искандеровiskanderov-

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