Ismak Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Ismak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ismak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia241:1,228,92653,021
Indonesia121:11,020,766390,383
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

The alternate forms: İşmak (131) & Išmak (3) are calculated separately.

Ismak (458) may also be a first name.

Ismak Last Name Facts

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

Ismak (Hindi: इस्माक, Marathi: माक, Russian: Исмак) is found most frequently in Malaysia. It may be rendered in the variant forms: İşmak or Išmak. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ismak? popularity and diffusion

Ismak is the 2,944,094th most frequently occurring family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 86 percent of Ismak live; 80 percent live in Southeast Asia and 80 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 398,932nd most widely held first name in the world, held by 458 people.

It is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 1,228,926. In Malaysia Ismak is primarily found in: Johor, where 21 percent are found, Penang, where 21 percent are found and Selangor, where 21 percent are found. Other than Malaysia it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 27 percent are found and India, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
İşmak93131/
Išmak933/
Ismaik9147/
Ismack913/
Ismmak911/
Ismakh911/
Jitsmak835/
Ismaick831/
Ismatkh831/
Ishmack830/
Ishmake830/
Usmak80123/
Ismaq80100/
Ismac805/
Izmak804/
Ismag803/
Esmak802/
Ismakova77524/
Jitssmak771/
Usmauk7325/
Ismaic7321/
Ismagh7314/
Yosmak7312/
Ismaac733/
Esmaik733/
Esmakh732/
Yshmak731/
Yizmak731/
Esmake731/
Icmaik731/
Ishmakova71587/
Ismakhova7129/
Esmatkh6737/
Ismague674/

Ismak Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ismak in the Marathi language
माकmaka87.5
मकmaka12.5
Ismak in the Hindi language
इस्माकismaka66.67
इस्मकismaka33.33
Ismak in the Russian language
Исмакismak-

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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 Ismak
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