Íssã

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Íssã is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Tanzania than in any other country, where it is the 10th most common surname. Recorded meaning: A French spelling of an Arabic-derived form for Jesus. From Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā) or its derivatives (Wolof Isaa, Pulaar Iisaa etc.).

rarermore common
  • TZTanzania≈1 in 346(inferred from the name graph)
  • SYSyria≈1 in 1K
  • JOJordan≈1 in 1.1K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Tanzania (inferred from the name graph)

≈170,000 people, est.

4 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
317 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 346 (inferred from the name graph)

Tanzania, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ÍssãLatin(measured from records)
ИссаCyrillic(measured from records)
อิสซาThai(measured from records)
ΙσσαGreek(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Issa in US United States, TZ Tanzania, SY Syria and 4 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A French spelling of an Arabic-derived form for Jesus. From Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā) or its derivatives (Wolof Isaa, Pulaar Iisaa etc.).

Sources 4

Where in the world(measured from records)

Íssã counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Íssã is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TZ Tanzania#10≈170,000 est.≈1 in 34619Issa53
NG Nigeria#261≈64,000 est.≈1 in 3.4K—Issa60
CM Cameroon#27≈24,000 est.≈1 in 1.1K—Issa18
SY Syria#30≈19,000 est.≈1 in 1K—Issa52
JO Jordan#108≈10,000 est.≈1 in 1.1K—Issa98
US United States—4,0881 in 81K5.6KIssa317
LB Lebanon#117≈3,300 est.≈1 in 1.7K—Issa67

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INEC Special Gazette 2021 — 2020 parliamentary election results. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Íssã under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Íssã mean, and where does it come from?
A French spelling of an Arabic-derived form for Jesus. From Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā) or its derivatives (Wolof Isaa, Pulaar Iisaa etc.). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Wiktionary and 2 other sources.
Is Íssã a male or female name?
Íssã is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Íssã have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 169 thousand people named Íssã in Tanzania, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled issa.
How common is the name Íssã?
In the United States, the national register counted 4,088 people named Íssã in 2010, about 1 in 81 thousand residents.
How common is Íssã compared with other names?
In Tanzania, Íssã is the 10th most common surname of 112,969 surnames recorded there.

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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/%C3%ADss%C3%A3

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Íssã” — the 10th most common surname in Tanzania. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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