Ismaail Surname
Approximately 10,003 people bear this surname
Ismaail Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 9,260 | 1:19,292 | 1,127 |
| Egypt | 366 | 1:251,191 | 17,305 |
| Somalia | 245 | 1:54,906 | 2,420 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Ismaail (4,878) may also be a first name.
Ismaail Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ismaail Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ismaail (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺳﻤﺎﻋﻴﻞ, Hindi: इसमाईल, Marathi: माईल) is borne by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ismaail.
How Common Is The Last Name Ismaail? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 51,253rd most frequent family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 728,536 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 93 percent of Ismaail live; 93 percent live in South Asia and 93 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 97,713th most prevalent first name on earth, held by 4,878 people.
The last name is most numerous in Pakistan, where it is borne by 9,260 people, or 1 in 19,292. In Pakistan it is primarily concentrated in: Punjab, where 30 percent live, Sindh, where 28 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 20 percent live. Apart from Pakistan Ismaail is found in 21 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 4 percent live and Somalia, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ismaail Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ismaail in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺳﻤﺎﻋﻴﻞ | asmayl | - |
| Ismaail in the Marathi language | ||
| माईल | ma'ila | 85.45 |
| माइल | ma'ila | 9.09 |
| माईैल | maiaila | 3.64 |
| माअईल | ma'a'ila | 1.82 |
| Ismaail in the Hindi language | ||
| इसमाईल | isama'ila | 25 |
| इस्मााइल | ismaa'ila | 25 |
| इस्माईल | isma'ila | 25 |
| इस्माइल | isma'ila | 25 |
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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 Ismaail
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