Islef Surname

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

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Denmark

Islef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Islef Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:11,143,612252,590
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

Islef Last Name Facts

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

The surname Islef is found most in England. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Islef click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Islef? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,593,402nd most common family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Islef are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 83 percent are found in British Isles.

Islef is most frequently used in England, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 11,143,612. In England Islef is most frequent in: Greater London, where 80 percent live and Warwickshire, where 20 percent live. Excluding England it is found in one country. It is also found in Denmark, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Isleif9139/
Ilef899/
Isleb80135/
Ailef80116/
Ilief8069/
Islev8018/
Iclef806/
Islif805/
Gilef805/
Ileff803/
Hilef801/
Ihlef801/
Isleib73361/
Ilieff73249/
Islaev73172/
Eisleb7359/
Issleb7331/
Gileff7325/
Ishlev736/
Gislev736/
Esclef732/
Ilhlef732/
Uiclef731/
Hiself731/
Ailefe731/
Isloev731/
Oiclef731/
Hailef731/
Gillef731/
Aislev731/
Ijhlef731/
Ileffe730/
Aissleffe710/
Ilev67618/
Issleib67117/
Elef6722/
Illieff677/
Øislebø675/
Ihsleib674/
Ilif674/
Iszleib671/
Jslf671/
Ishlaev671/
Ilew671/
Hilleyf671/
Gisslew671/
Ylef671/
Islv671/
Jlef671/
Ixlf671/
Yslf671/
Hislife670/
Gilleff670/

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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 Islef
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