# Issa (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/issa/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Arabic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,088 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,110 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 75,525 people |
| Change since 2000 | +59% (2,576 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Arabic عيسى (“Jesus”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Issa in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 70% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 5.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Issa in the United States and Palestine.

## People named Issa

- Darrell Issa, American politician, inventor and entrepreneur
- Nourman Issa, Arab-Israeli actor of Palestinian Christian descent

## Similar surnames

Isa, Izzo, Ice, Ishii, Igo, Ike, Igoe, Isch.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.