The surname Ishak
An Arabic surname, carried by 981 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex I220
Origin
Arabic origin
Borrowed from Arabic إسحاق (ʔisḥāq, “Isaac”). This surname is mostly found in Indonesia.
One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 981 people named Ishak in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 314,725 Americans. That is up 47% since 2000, when the Census counted 667.
Who is named Ishak
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
82% of people named Ishak identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 4.5% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 82%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 6.7%
- Two or more races 4.5%
- Black (not Hispanic) 3.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Ishak has the Soundex code I220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code I220.
Other Arabic surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Ishak come from?
- Borrowed from Arabic إسحاق (ʔisḥāq, “Isaac”). This surname is mostly found in Indonesia.
- How common is the surname Ishak?
- 981 people in the United States had the surname Ishak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 314,725 Americans. It ranked 25,255th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Ishak?
- In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Ishak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Is the surname Ishak getting more or less common?
- More common. 667 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 981 in 2010, up 47%.