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 Male Island Height
175.51 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Island Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Island Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Island (Arabic: ايلاند, Georgian: ისლანდ) is found most frequently in The United States. It can appear as a variant: Ísland. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Island? popularity and diffusion
Island is the 216,923rd most commonly used surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,853,805 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Island live; 57 percent live in North America and 57 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 272,424th most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 890 people.
The surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 1,089 people, or 1 in 332,836. In The United States Island is primarily found in: Texas, where 15 percent are found, California, where 13 percent are found and Illinois, where 10 percent are found. Outside of The United States this surname exists in 84 countries. It also occurs in Fiji, where 10 percent are found and Canada, where 5 percent are found.
Island Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Island has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Island last name grew 1,878 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 243 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 92 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Island Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Island last name is principally 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 with 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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