Ison Surname
Approximately 19,681 people bear this surname
Ison Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Isan,' probably a Welsh personal name as it is found associated with Floyd. Also modem instances are found in Liverpool, where the Welsh population is so large.
(2) Local, 'of Isham' which see.
Read More About This SurnameIson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8,251 | 1:43,929 | 5,382 |
| Philippines | 6,374 | 1:15,883 | 1,779 |
| England | 1,633 | 1:34,120 | 4,505 |
| Australia | 1,426 | 1:18,931 | 2,625 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| Argentina | 222 | 1:192,538 | 16,021 |
| Canada | 180 | 1:204,698 | 19,937 |
| Taiwan | 129 | 1:181,742 | 1,588 |
| Papua New Guinea | 119 | 1:68,519 | 8,947 |
| Indonesia | 113 | 1:1,170,347 | 83,147 |
| New Zealand | 112 | 1:40,431 | 6,796 |
| Tanzania | 90 | 1:588,240 | 37,030 |
| Nigeria | 83 | 1:2,134,250 | 73,634 |
| Japan | 77 | 1:1,660,315 | 25,506 |
| Israel | 69 | 1:124,024 | 13,566 |
| Malaysia | 61 | 1:483,512 | 24,345 |
| France | 57 | 1:1,165,311 | 123,217 |
| South Africa | 48 | 1:1,128,702 | 66,097 |
| Singapore | 39 | 1:141,223 | 6,278 |
| Wales | 33 | 1:93,774 | 7,567 |
| Mexico | 31 | 1:4,004,071 | 26,265 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Jamaica | 10 | 1:286,995 | 7,581 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Jersey | 8 | 1:12,400 | 2,398 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Grenada | 4 | 1:27,134 | 1,180 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 1:340,994 | 12,383 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:16,110 | 1,225 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Akrotiri and Dhekelia | 1 | 1:7,858 | 154 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 5 | 1:885,973 | 23,404 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 881 | 1:27,668 | 3,759 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 576 | 1:87,185 | 9,045 |
The alternate forms: Isón (1) are calculated separately.
Ison (2,728) may also be a first name.
Ison Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Isan,' probably a Welsh personal name as it is found associated with Floyd. Also modem instances are found in Liverpool, where the Welsh population is so large.
(2) Local, 'of Isham' which see. a corruption of Isom; compare Ransom and Ranson.
Isan Floyd, 1569: Register of the University of Oxford.
1617-8. Thomas Browne and Margaret Ison: Marriage Lic. (London).
1624. John Skip and Margaret I sans: ibid.
1788. Married — Thomas Ison and Hannah Jack-.on: St. Geo, Han. Sq.
1793. Married — William Field and Mary Izon: St. George, Hanover Square.
A shortening of one of the many Teutonic Isen- (Iron-) names [v. under Isambert] 2 for Iveson, q.v.
3 a variant of Eason, q.v.
William de Aison, Normandy, 1180 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); John de Eisenne, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).
User-submitted Reference
Originally spelled 'Isham' after the village in Kettering-Northampton area of England. It means 'homestead of the River Ise'. The spelling was changed to 'Isom' when a family immigrated to the United States to ease confusion of the pronunciation- some would say 'eye-sham'.
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Ison Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ison Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ison (Hindi: इसों, Marathi: इसोण, Russian: Исон) is found most frequently in The United States. It can be found as a variant: Isón. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ison? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 27,307th most frequently used last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 370,283 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 44 percent of Ison reside; 43 percent reside in North America and 43 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 140,033rd most frequently used given name at a global level, held by 2,728 people.
Ison is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 8,251 people, or 1 in 43,929. In The United States it is most frequent in: Kentucky, where 23 percent live, Ohio, where 15 percent live and Indiana, where 9 percent live. Excluding The United States this surname occurs in 66 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 32 percent live and England, where 8 percent live.
Ison Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Ison has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Ison surname increased 1,432 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 185 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Ison Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Ison surname are 17.53% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.3% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Ison earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 101.01% more than the national average, earning R 477,672 per year; in United States they earn 7.34% less than the national average, earning $39,980 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.13% more than the national average, earning $62,667 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ison Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ison in the Marathi language | ||
| इसोण | isona | - |
| Ison in the Hindi language | ||
| इसों | isom | 50 |
| इसोन | isona | 50 |
| Ison in the Russian language | ||
| Исон | ison | - |
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Ison Reference & Research
Isom DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Isom FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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