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
Average Island Salary in
United States
$37,658 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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 be found in the variant forms: Ísland. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Island? popularity and diffusion
The surname Island is the 216,923rd most widespread last name on earth, held by around 1 in 3,853,805 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 60 percent of Island reside; 57 percent reside in North America and 57 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Island is also the 272,424th most common forename in the world, held by 890 people.
It is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 1,089 people, or 1 in 332,836. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 15 percent reside, California, where 13 percent reside and Illinois, where 10 percent reside. Barring The United States this last name exists in 84 countries. It is also found in Fiji, where 10 percent reside and Canada, where 5 percent reside.
Island Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Island has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Island last name rose 1,878 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 243 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 92 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Island Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Island surname are 5.86% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 59.09% 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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