Island Surname
Approximately 1,891 people bear this surname
Island Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,089 | 1:332,836 | 30,117 |
| Fiji | 189 | 1:4,732 | 899 |
| Canada | 89 | 1:413,995 | 36,402 |
| Norway | 78 | 1:65,927 | 9,320 |
| England | 51 | 1:1,092,511 | 52,584 |
| France | 45 | 1:1,476,060 | 142,161 |
| Australia | 32 | 1:843,616 | 52,533 |
| Seychelles | 29 | 1:3,186 | 566 |
| Indonesia | 29 | 1:4,560,317 | 223,141 |
| New Zealand | 21 | 1:215,634 | 21,249 |
| Argentina | 21 | 1:2,035,401 | 100,871 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Israel | 10 | 1:855,763 | 54,181 |
| Iceland | 10 | 1:38,009 | 2,599 |
| Jamaica | 9 | 1:318,883 | 8,136 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| American Samoa | 6 | 1:9,293 | 1,961 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Greece | 6 | 1:1,846,632 | 89,049 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Mauritius | 4 | 1:323,354 | 10,053 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Maldives | 3 | 1:134,724 | 4,057 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 1:3,010,545 | 7,383 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Barbados | 2 | 1:143,724 | 1,981 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 12 | 1:369,156 | 13,616 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 21 | 1:1,160,732 | 43,748 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 58 | 1:865,839 | 52,959 |
The alternate forms: Ísland (1) are calculated separately.
Island (890) may also be a first name.
Island Demographics
Island Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Island Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Island Come From? nationality or country of origin
Island (Arabic: ايلاند, Georgian: ისლანდ) is found most in The United States. It may also appear as: Ísland. For other possible spellings of Island click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Island? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 216,923rd most frequently occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,853,805 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Island reside; 57 percent reside in North America and 57 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 272,424th most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 890 people.
This surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 1,089 people, or 1 in 332,836. In The United States it is most numerous in: Texas, where 15 percent live, California, where 13 percent live and Illinois, where 10 percent live. Not including The United States this last name occurs in 84 countries. It also occurs in Fiji, where 10 percent live and Canada, where 5 percent live.
Island Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Island has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Island surname expanded 1,878 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 243 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 92 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Island Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Island surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Island last name are 5.86% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 59.09% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Island earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 14.3% less than the national average, earning 296,593 kr per year; in United States they earn 12.73% less than the national average, earning $37,658 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.62% less than the national average, earning $48,876 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Island Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Island in the Georgian language | ||
| ისლანდ | island | - |
| Island in the Arabic language | ||
| ايلاند | ayland | - |
| ايلند | aylnd | - |
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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 Island
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