Ismiah Surname

1,276,805th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 179 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Ismiah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ismiah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1771:747,17157,374
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098

Ismiah (195) may also be a first name.

Ismiah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ismiah is found in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ismiah? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ismiah is the 1,276,805th most frequently used surname on earth, held by around 1 in 40,712,547 people. The last name Ismiah is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Ismiah reside; 99 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 99 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 649,894th most widely held forename globally, held by 195 people.

It is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 177 people, or 1 in 747,171. In Indonesia Ismiah is mostly concentrated in: East Java, where 31 percent reside, Central Java, where 28 percent reside and North Sumatra, where 7 percent reside. Other than Indonesia Ismiah occurs in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ismia9125/
Ismaiyah86196/
Ismeiyah869/
Ismaijah861/
Usmiah8319/
Eismia831/
Gismaijah807/
Ismaiia776/
Ismaiya772/
Ismaija771/
Goismia771/
Gissmia771/
Ismea736/
Esmia731/
Ismio731/
Ismaiyat711/
Ishmea671/
Gesmia671/
Gessmia622/
Usmaiya621/
Yosmija621/
Jizmejia573/
Ismeo5511/
Esmea554/
Esmio551/
Uzmia551/
Echmia501/

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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 Ismiah
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