Issah Surname
Approximately 66,319 people bear this surname
Issah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 49,252 | 1:549 | 69 |
| Tanzania | 5,561 | 1:9,520 | 1,243 |
| Nigeria | 5,005 | 1:35,393 | 2,885 |
| Malawi | 4,627 | 1:3,700 | 495 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Cameroon | 376 | 1:55,237 | 7,149 |
| Niger | 254 | 1:75,559 | 3,335 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| United States | 131 | 1:2,766,862 | 164,942 |
| Kenya | 97 | 1:476,081 | 24,779 |
| England | 96 | 1:580,396 | 35,131 |
| Spain | 58 | 1:806,070 | 33,159 |
| South Africa | 28 | 1:1,934,918 | 88,980 |
| Philippines | 26 | 1:3,893,778 | 155,597 |
| Indonesia | 24 | 1:5,510,383 | 253,014 |
| Uganda | 19 | 1:2,054,699 | 65,771 |
| Benin | 19 | 1:543,979 | 34,804 |
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| New Zealand | 16 | 1:283,020 | 24,643 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Zambia | 7 | 1:2,264,275 | 33,397 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Iceland | 6 | 1:63,348 | 4,218 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Issah (36,484) may also be a first name.
Issah Demographics
Average Issah Salary in
United States
$36,347 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Issah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Issah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Issah occurs in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Issah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Issah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,586th most frequent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 109,886 people. The last name Issah is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Issah reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 82 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 23,940th most commonly occurring given name worldwide, borne by 36,484 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Ghana, where it is held by 49,252 people, or 1 in 549. Outside of Ghana this surname exists in 61 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 8 percent reside and Nigeria, where 8 percent reside.
Issah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Issah has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Issah last name expanded 13,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Issah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Christian (56%) in Kenya and Muslim (87%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Issah are 25.72% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 78.95% registered with the political party.
The amount Issah earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 75.21% less than the national average, earning R 58,920 per year and in United States they earn 15.76% less than the national average, earning $36,347 USD per year.
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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 Issah
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