Issaya Surname
Approximately 9,145 people bear this surname
Issaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 9,032 | 1:5,862 | 764 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Niger | 12 | 1:1,599,335 | 32,126 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Issaya (7,307) may also be a first name.
Issaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Issaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Issaya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺇﺳﻌﺎﻳﻪ) is found most in Tanzania. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Issaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 55,519th most commonly used last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 796,889 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Issaya live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Issaya is also the 75,449th most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 7,307 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 9,032 people, or 1 in 5,862. In Tanzania Issaya is mostly concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 17 percent live, Kagera Region, where 11 percent live and Manyara Region, where 8 percent live. Not including Tanzania this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 0 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Issaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Issaya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺇﺳﻌﺎﻳﻪ | asayh | - |
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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 Issaya
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