Isla Surname
Approximately 27,383 people bear this surname
Isla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 7,287 | 1:13,893 | 1,484 |
| Chile | 4,526 | 1:3,892 | 556 |
| Peru | 4,500 | 1:7,063 | 1,073 |
| Argentina | 3,069 | 1:13,927 | 1,252 |
| Spain | 2,660 | 1:17,576 | 1,973 |
| Bolivia | 853 | 1:12,446 | 1,258 |
| United States | 799 | 1:453,641 | 38,803 |
| Mexico | 732 | 1:169,571 | 4,963 |
| Cuba | 614 | 1:18,767 | 1,220 |
| Bangladesh | 451 | 1:353,341 | 9,758 |
| India | 447 | 1:1,716,030 | 61,883 |
| Pakistan | 231 | 1:773,350 | 11,146 |
| Venezuela | 216 | 1:139,834 | 4,447 |
| Portugal | 208 | 1:50,088 | 2,835 |
| Canada | 101 | 1:364,808 | 32,793 |
| France | 80 | 1:830,284 | 98,964 |
| Afghanistan | 67 | 1:479,898 | 6,199 |
| Brazil | 59 | 1:3,628,379 | 101,412 |
| Uruguay | 59 | 1:58,165 | 6,298 |
| Dominican Republic | 54 | 1:193,202 | 7,170 |
| Paraguay | 42 | 1:172,303 | 3,394 |
| England | 37 | 1:1,505,893 | 64,828 |
| Taiwan | 23 | 1:1,019,337 | 7,080 |
| Scotland | 20 | 1:267,691 | 12,985 |
| Australia | 20 | 1:1,349,785 | 70,688 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Niger | 16 | 1:1,199,501 | 25,520 |
| Malaysia | 16 | 1:1,843,389 | 74,511 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Belgium | 14 | 1:821,189 | 66,436 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Mauritius | 3 | 1:431,139 | 12,721 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Isla (7,667) may also be a first name.
Isla Demographics
Average Isla Salary in
United States
$44,908 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Isla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Isla Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Isla (Hindi: इसला, Oriya: ଇସଲାଉିନ, Russian: Исла) is more commonly found in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Isla? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 19,978th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 266,134 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 57 percent of Isla live; 49 percent live in South America and 28 percent live in Hispanic Southern America. Isla is also the 73,080th most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 7,667 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in The Philippines, where it is borne by 7,287 people, or 1 in 13,893. In The Philippines it is most frequent in: Central Luzon, where 23 percent live, Calabarzon, where 18 percent live and National Capital Region, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account The Philippines this last name exists in 87 countries. It is also common in Chile, where 17 percent live and Peru, where 16 percent live.
Isla Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Isla has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Isla surname rose 19,975 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Isla Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Isla last name are 39% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 92.23% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Isla earn in different countries varies notably. In Peru they earn 1.94% less than the national average, earning S/. 19,008 per year; in United States they earn 4.08% more than the national average, earning $44,908 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.64% more than the national average, earning $57,455 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Isla Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Isla in the Oriya language | ||
| ଇସଲାଉିନ | isalauina | - |
| Isla in the Hindi language | ||
| इसला | isala | 69.51 |
| इस्ला | isla | 23.78 |
| ईसला | isala | 2.44 |
| इस्ल | isla | 1.22 |
| ईस्ला | isla | 0.61 |
| Isla in the Russian language | ||
| Исла | isla | - |
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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 Isla
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