Iş Surname

100,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,725 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Iş Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Iş Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey4,7251:16,4702,011
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
England11:55,718,059489,080
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427

The alternate forms: Is (27,989), (17) & Ís (1) are calculated separately.

Iş Last Name Facts

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

The surname Iş (Hindi: इस, Marathi: इस, Oriya: ଇସ୍) is more commonly found in Turkey than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Is, or Ís. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Iş? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 100,059th most prevalent last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,542,338 people. The surname Iş occurs mostly in Asia, where 85 percent of Iş live; 85 percent live in West Asia and 85 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

The surname is most numerous in Turkey, where it is borne by 4,725 people, or 1 in 16,470. In Turkey Iş is mostly concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 18 percent reside, Mardin Province, where 10 percent reside and Van Province, where 6 percent reside. Outside of Turkey this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Germany, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Is8327,989/
8317/
Işi801,322/
Giş803/
Işa801/
Işçi6710,465/
Ağiş67937/
Ayiş67390/
Hişt67211/
İşçe67124/
İşay679/
Işci672/
Iaşu671/
Aişe671/
Iyaş671/
Ís671/
Gaiş671/

Iş Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Iş in the Marathi language
इसisa56.29
ईसisa43.71
Iş in the Oriya language
ଇସ୍is54.67
ଇସisa45.33
Iş in the Hindi language
इसisa49.07
ईसisa15.89
इस्लामislama15.42
इस्माईलisma'ila4.44
इस्लामुदीनislamudina4.21
ईस्लामislama2.57
ीसisa2.34
िसisa2.34
इस्माइलisma'ila2.34
इस्is1.17
ईस्is0.23

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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 Iş
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