Isua Surname
Approximately 670 people bear this surname
Isua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 579 | 1:305,946 | 17,034 |
| Papua New Guinea | 52 | 1:156,802 | 21,647 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Isua (367) may also be a first name.
Isua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Isua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Isua occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Isua? popularity and diffusion
It is the 493,410th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 10,876,934 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Isua live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Isua is also the 453,982nd most widespread first name in the world, held by 367 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 579 people, or 1 in 305,946. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Cross River, where 23 percent reside, Akwa Ibom, where 14 percent reside and Kaduna, where 13 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Isua occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Isua
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