How common is the surname Issac?

1,329 people in the United States had the surname Issac in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 232,314 Americans. It ranked 20,099th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Issac getting more or less common?

More common. 1,158 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,329 in 2010, up 15%.

Is Issac also a first name?

Yes. Issac is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Issac

A patronymic surname, carried by 1,329 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex I220 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Issac is more common than 87.6% of them.

Origin

Old variant of Isaac.

Issac is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,329 people named Issac in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 232,314 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,158.

#20,099

rank among US surnames

1,329

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+14.8%

change since 2000 (was #21,124)

Who is named Issac

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

49% of people named Issac identified as Black (not Hispanic), 22% as white (not Hispanic) and 17% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Black (not Hispanic) 49%
White (not Hispanic) 22%
Asian and Pacific Islander 17%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.8%
Two or more races 2.0%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Issac

Issac has the Soundex code I220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code I220.

Questions

Where does the surname Issac come from?: Old variant of Isaac.
How common is the surname Issac?: 1,329 people in the United States had the surname Issac in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 232,314 Americans. It ranked 20,099th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Issac?: In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Issac identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 22% as white (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Issac?: Issac is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Issac getting more or less common?: More common. 1,158 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,329 in 2010, up 15%.
Is Issac also a first name?: Yes. Issac is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.