Ismaan Surname
Approximately 605 people bear this surname
Ismaan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 588 | 1:22,878 | 1,280 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Ismaan (43) may also be a first name.
Ismaan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ismaan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ismaan is carried by more people in Somalia than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ismaan.
How Common Is The Last Name Ismaan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 533,524th most common last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 12,045,530 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Ismaan live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most common given name globally It is held by 43 people.
The surname Ismaan is most commonly used in Somalia, where it is carried by 588 people, or 1 in 22,878. Apart from Somalia this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 1 percent reside and Sweden, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Ismaan
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