Island is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Island
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Island

How popular is Island?

Island is common in United States.

Island is ranked 104507 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Islands grew by 13.37209 per cent to 975 since 2000 and ranked 25381 after elevating 1261 spots. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 63.49 66.98
White 20.41 20.12
Others 6.05 4.88
Hispanic or Latino 5.95 3.95
Island is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Seychelles. Around 3968 people have been found who wears Island as their family name. Island is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
6,072 China7
119,732 Spain5
27,602 Nigeria4
3,608 Maldives4
6,779 Nicaragua3
67,494 South Africa3
2,967 Vietnam3
6,270 Hong Kong3
10,284 Kuwait2
41,879 Turkey2
5,726 Puerto Rico2
3,014 Taiwan2
2,744 Rwanda2
54,641 Sweden2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
118,441 Germany2
21,529 Singapore2
18,625 Japan2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
23,858 Iran2
1,472 The Bahamas2
1,389 Barbados2
95,312 Argentina2
1,777 Jersey2
24,771 Colombia1
799 British Virgin Islands1
16,228 Bulgaria1
717 Bhutan1
6,033 Benin1
1,879 Belize1
123,175 Tanzania1
5,916 Mozambique1
174,544 Czech Republic1
10,958 Bangladesh1
10,190 Bahrain1
19,810 Croatia1
10,683 Cyprus1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
14,373 Jordan1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
7,941 Guatemala1
58,885 Poland1
24,176 Qatar1
56,169 Mexico1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
8,371 Syria1
2,232 French Polynesia1
13,447 Uganda1
12,741 Ecuador1
4,942 Libya1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,906 Israel47
1,378 Iceland29
227,547 Indonesia28
9,692 Ireland27
62,494 Netherlands22
5,663 Thailand18
460,058 India17
29,040 Denmark15
26,722 New Zealand14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
8,986 Norway85
72,056 Italy78
3,598 Mauritius73
2,783 Jamaica71
34,647 Australia63
15,508 United Arab Emirates61
249 Seychelles59
Countries with hundreds of Island:
21,418 Philippines644
11,492 Kenya392
7,646 Greece246
56,243 Brazil175
27,382 England172
857 Fiji146
26,200 Canada131
77,708 France122
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Island:
28,829 United States1,040
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Cotton Spinner Samuel Island from Cumberland, England aboard the Arrick from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 39 years old when he arrived in Boston on January 31, 1849. Henry Island, aged 13, Farmer Samuel Island, Ann Island (22) Immigrant, Michael Island (26) Farmer, are other Island that migrated to US.

Comments

C
Carlena Seevers
 The origin of the name is germaine this is the name of a locality of the department of Yonne, it indicates the family origin of etymology of the name comes from the personal name Frankish islindis fundum which means the land of islindis - soft ice-like.

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