Issk Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Somalia
Highest density in:
Somalia

Issk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Issk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Somalia41:3,363,0155,093
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Issk Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Issk Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Issk occurs more in Somalia more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Issk? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,360,413th most commonly held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Issk occurs predominantly in Africa, where 56 percent of Issk are found; 44 percent are found in East Africa and 44 percent are found in Cushitic Africa.

Issk is most prevalent in Somalia, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 3,363,015. Apart from Somalia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 44 percent reside and Nigeria, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Issck89197/
Ishsk891/
Eissk891/
Isshk891/
Isk86313/
Aisske801/
Iske75894/
Uisk7544/
Ishk7523/
Gisk7515/
Hisk7513/
Issc757/
Jisk756/
Isık755/
Aisk755/
Iesk753/
Issx752/
Isck752/
Issg752/
Ihsk751/
Isgk751/
Iskt751/
Isjk751/
Eisk751/
Iosk751/
Iskk751/
Aisek67870/
Hiske67121/
Jiske6737/
Ishke6724/
Ishsq6714/
Hisks676/
Ijske675/
Haisk674/
Eiske674/
Huisk673/
Yisek673/
Ioshk671/
Itskq671/
Esshk671/
Aaisk671/
Ishkq671/
Gessk671/
Aiske671/
Heisk670/
Eisek670/
Issct670/
Hisck670/
Hessk670/

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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 Issk
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