Issack Surname
Approximately 118,014 people bear this surname
Issack Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 54,539 | 1:847 | 131 |
| Somalia | 48,133 | 1:279 | 39 |
| Tanzania | 9,436 | 1:5,611 | 740 |
| Chad | 2,696 | 1:5,042 | 774 |
| Ethiopia | 2,093 | 1:46,606 | 5,024 |
| Djibouti | 325 | 1:2,815 | 262 |
| Papua New Guinea | 310 | 1:26,302 | 2,938 |
| Mauritius | 89 | 1:14,533 | 3,065 |
| South Africa | 73 | 1:742,160 | 51,964 |
| United States | 68 | 1:5,330,278 | 267,385 |
| France | 62 | 1:1,071,334 | 116,831 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| India | 28 | 1:27,395,192 | 354,286 |
| England | 24 | 1:2,321,586 | 86,519 |
| Seychelles | 18 | 1:5,133 | 784 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
Issack (47,568) may also be a first name.
Issack Demographics
Issack Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Issack Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Issack Come From? nationality or country of origin
Issack (Marathi: इसाक, Oriya: ଇସାକ) is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Issack? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,783rd most prevalent last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 61,752 people. The last name Issack is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Issack reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 84 percent reside in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 19,279th most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 47,568 people.
The surname Issack is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 54,539 people, or 1 in 847. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Mandera County, where 58 percent are found, Wajir County, where 17 percent are found and Garissa County, where 13 percent are found. Barring Kenya this surname is found in 39 countries. It is also found in Somalia, where 41 percent are found and Tanzania, where 8 percent are found.
Issack Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Muslim (96%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Issack last name are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 75% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Issack earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 11.89% less than the national average, earning R 209,388 per year and in United States they earn 41.94% less than the national average, earning $25,052 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Issack Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Issack in the Oriya language | ||
| ଇସାକ | isaka | - |
| Issack in the Marathi language | ||
| इसाक | isaka | 50 |
| िसइसाक | isa'isaka | 50 |
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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 Issack
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