Islav Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Turkey

Islav Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Islav Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Islav (11) may also be a first name.

Islav Last Name Facts

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

The last name Islav (Georgian: ისლავ, Hindi: इसलव, Marathi: लाव, Russian: Ислав) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Islav.

How Common Is The Last Name Islav? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,723,624th most commonly held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 88 percent of Islav reside; 50 percent reside in South Asia and 50 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly used forename internationally. It is borne by 11 people.

This surname is most prevalent in India, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 191,766,346. In India Islav is mostly found in: Maharashtra, where 100 percent live. Aside from India it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Turkey, where 38 percent live and The United States, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Islaev91172/
Islavt911/
Ilav893/
Ishlaev831/
Gilav801,027/
Islaw8085/
Islev8018/
Islaf8014/
Iliav8012/
Islab808/
Uslav807/
Ilyav802/
Itlav801/
Islov801/
Islap801/
Ilaiv801/
Islaavth771/
Islaub7327/
Goilav7324/
Isclaw7313/
Hislaw7311/
Uslaev736/
Ishlev736/
Yslaev733/
Islaaw732/
Islova732/
Islayb731/
Aislev731/
Gailav731/
Isloev731/
Islabh731/
Hislap730/
Işılav730/
Ilov67954/
Ilaw67516/
Ilab6768/
Ilaf6754/
Iszlaub6751/
Elav677/
Jislova671/
Isslaib671/
Izlyaev671/

Islav Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Islav in the Georgian language
ისლავislav-
Islav in the Hindi language
इसलवisalava-
Islav in the Marathi language
लावlava-
Islav in the Russian language
Иславislav-

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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 Islav
  • 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