Issaga Surname
Approximately 637 people bear this surname
Issaga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 613 | 1:33,881 | 4,560 |
| Niger | 15 | 1:1,279,468 | 26,841 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Issaga (4,505) may also be a first name.
Issaga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Issaga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Issaga (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺇﺳﺎﻛﺎ) occurs most in Cameroon. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Issaga? popularity and diffusion
It is the 512,799th most widespread surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 11,440,417 people. The surname Issaga occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Issaga reside; 68 percent reside in West Africa and 37 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 102,540th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 4,505 people.
It is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 613 people, or 1 in 33,881. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: North Region, where 37 percent reside, Far North Region, where 33 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 16 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 2 percent reside and Chad, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Issaga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Issaga in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺇﺳﺎﻛﺎ | asaka | 36.36 |
| ﺍﺳﺤﺎﻕ | ashaq | 18.18 |
| ﺍﺳﺎﻛﺎ | asaka | 18.18 |
| ﻋﻴﺴﺎﻛﺎ | ysaka | 13.64 |
| ﺍﺳﺎﻗﺎ | asaqa | 4.55 |
| ﺇﺳﺤﺎﻕ | ashaq | 4.55 |
| ﺍﻳﺴﺎﻛﺎ | aysaka | 4.55 |
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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 Issaga
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