Ismai Surname
Approximately 2,207 people bear this surname
Ismai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 827 | 1:214,199 | 12,727 |
| Pakistan | 494 | 1:361,627 | 7,078 |
| Malaysia | 363 | 1:81,251 | 5,726 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Portugal | 160 | 1:65,114 | 3,431 |
| Indonesia | 60 | 1:2,204,153 | 134,948 |
| India | 26 | 1:29,502,515 | 369,827 |
| North Macedonia | 18 | 1:116,748 | 9,678 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Taiwan | 8 | 1:2,930,593 | 17,989 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Djibouti | 4 | 1:228,733 | 966 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Ismai (1,268) may also be a first name.
Ismai Demographics
Ismai Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Ismai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ismai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ismai (Georgian: ისმაი, Hindi: इस्माई, Marathi: माई, Russian: Исмаи) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ismai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 191,038th most numerous family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 3,302,014 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 47 percent of Ismai are found; 37 percent are found in West Africa and 37 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 221,595th most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 1,268 people.
The last name Ismai is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 827 people, or 1 in 214,199. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Kano, where 22 percent live, Oyo, where 10 percent live and Niger, where 9 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 37 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 22 percent live and Malaysia, where 16 percent live.
Ismai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Ismai last name is primarily Muslim (94%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ismai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ismai in the Georgian language | ||
| ისმაი | ismai | - |
| Ismai in the Marathi language | ||
| माई | ma'i | 97 |
| माइ | ma'i | 1.29 |
| Ismai in the Hindi language | ||
| इस्माई | isma'i | 42.11 |
| ईस्माई | isma'i | 15.79 |
| इस्माइ | isma'i | 10.53 |
| इसमाइ | isama'i | 10.53 |
| इस्माईल | isma'ila | 10.53 |
| इसमाईलखान | isama'ilakhana | 5.26 |
| इस्माि | ismai | 5.26 |
| Ismai in the Russian language | ||
| Исмаи | ismai | - |
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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 Ismai
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