Ishman
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Ishman is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Russia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: unexplained. Possibly an altered form of Isham.
- KZKazakhstan≈1 in 11Mas Ишман(inferred from the name graph)
- RURussia≈1 in 54Mas Ишман
carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Ishman itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Russia (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 16 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 11M (inferred from the name graph)
≈3 named Ишман, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Kazakhstan, est., as Ишман
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Ишман in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan.
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)
unexplained. Possibly an altered form of Isham.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ishman 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RU Russia | ≈3 est. | ≈1 in 54M | — | Ишман | 16 |
| KZ Kazakhstan | ≈2 est. | ≈1 in 11M | — | Ишман | 5 |
| UA Ukraine | — | — | — | Ishman | 4 |
| US United States | — | — | 880 | — | 3 |
| DM Dominica | — | — | 1 | — | — |
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 2020; Dominica — Revised List of Electors May 2025. 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Stacey L. IshmanUSresearcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 11 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 880 | #28,769 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 863 | #26,566 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 727 | #31,754 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Ishman mean, and where does it come from?
- unexplained. Possibly an altered form of Isham. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- In which country does Ishman have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3 people named Ишман in Russia, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Ishman?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3 people in Russia have Ишман as their first given name, about 1 in 54 million residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
What do you want to know about Ishman?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ishmanThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Ishman”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.