Islands Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Curaçao

Islands Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Islands Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Islands (31) may also be a first name.

Islands Last Name Facts

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

Islands is more commonly found in Canada than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Islands? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,593,402nd most frequent last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Islands reside; 83 percent reside in North America and 83 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Islands is also the 1,874,099th most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 31 people.

It is most commonly used in Canada, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 7,369,118. In Canada it is mostly found in: British Columbia, where 80 percent reside and Nova Scotia, where 20 percent reside. Beside Canada Islands occurs in one country. It also occurs in Curaçao, where 17 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Island921,891/
Ilands9225/
Hilands8660/
Eisland8639/
Jisland8629/
Eilands8628/
Hisland8618/
Aisland863/
Uisland861/
Oisland861/
Ishland860/
Iland83173/
Hiesland803/
Heilands801/
Heisland801/
Gillands801/
Hillands800/
Huslands800/
Haisland800/
Eislland800/
Eiland774,246/
Hiland771,309/
Illand77350/
Ijland77203/
Elands77150/
Ysland77111/
Esland7799/
Ihland7756/
Giland7746/
Itland7742/
Ailand7734/
Oiland7728/
Izland778/
Ieland774/
Uiland772/
Islamd771/
Islant771/
Islond771/
Ísland771/
Heijlands7526/
Hischland751/
Heiland715,225/
Gilland713,038/
Hylands711,136/
Hoiland711,034/
Høiland71844/
Hilland71841/
Aislant71585/
Gesland71317/
Hailand71253/
Hitland71160/
Easland71138/
Eitland71119/
Gailand7151/
Hesland7142/
Hieland7128/
Ailland7127/
Eylands7122/
Ellands7122/
Uijland7115/
Essland7114/
Eihland7112/
Yosland712/
Hioland712/
Giliand712/
Gilandt712/
Gilyand712/
Oilland712/
Jilland711/
Gileand711/
Eilandt711/
Escland711/
Eslandz711/
Jitland711/
Gilhand710/
Ezlands710/
Goiland710/
Huiland710/
Hilandt710/
Hysland710/
Helands710/
Eland674,215/
Gilliand671,119/
Heitland67843/
Ilond67416/
Gailland67370/
Gillandt6769/
Yland6739/
Ilanc6732/
Healands6718/
Gilleand6715/
Ilant6715/
Hyliands6714/
Hessland6712/
Heylands6711/
Heilandt6710/
Ilanz679/
Heilhand676/
Hilliand674/
Højsland674/
Hoilland673/
Hithland673/
Hiolland672/
Aislante672/
Hilleand671/
Eselland671/
Hoylands671/
Heilland671/
Jland671/
Aislanth671/
Aislantt671/
Gillhand670/
Haitland670/
Gillyand670/
Gilahand670/
Hilhland670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Islands
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis