Iskandar
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in Indonesian: Variant of the name Alexander
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Iskandar is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country.
- TJTajikistan≈1 in 1.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- UZUzbekistan≈1 in 2.3K
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 4K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Iskandar 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.
- Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)
- 5 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 227 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈45,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Tajikistan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Искандар in UZ Uzbekistan, TJ Tajikistan, Искандер in RU Russia and Искендер in KG Kyrgyzstan.
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)
- Arabic[in(measured from records)
- AncientGreek](measured from records)
A male given name from Arabic [in turn from Ancient Greek], variant of Alexander.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.
How Iskandar is read(measured from records)
Iskandar is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Indonesian84%
Variant of the name Alexander.
as a wordrecorded as Malaykaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- English7.4%
A male given name from Arabic [in turn from Ancient Greek], variant of Alexander.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Iskandar 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈45,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.9K | listed | Iskandar | 227 |
| UZ Uzbekistan | #210 | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.3K | listed | Искандар | 33 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈8,200 est. | ≈1 in 4K | — | Iskandar | 80 |
| TJ Tajikistan | #125 | ≈7,800 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | listed | Искандар | 9 |
| RU Russia | #374 | ≈7,600 est. | ≈1 in 19K | #281 | Искандер | 147 |
| KG Kyrgyzstan | #417 | ≈2,500 est. | ≈1 in 2.4K | — | Искендер | 18 |
| US United States | — | 226 | 1 in 1.5M | 962 | Iskandar | 173 |
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 — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Iskandar is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Arabic, name of a Greek king, Alexander. Iskander Mirza: President of Pakistan (1956-58)
as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names
In Arabic, <..!: Alexander. Iskander Mirza: President of Pakistan (1956-58)
as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names
from the Persian form of Alexander.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Suzanne Iskandarb. 1963FRFrench model
- Georges Iskandarb. 1968Lebanese Melkite Greek Catholic archbishop
- Aide Iskandarb. 1975SGSingaporean footballer
- George Iskandarb. 1979ILArab-Israeli actor
- Layla Iskandarb. 1984LBLebanese - singer
- Jessica Iskandarb. 1988IDIndonesian actress
- Jason Iskandarb. 1991IDIndonesian film director
- Lili Iskandarb. 2002LBLebanese women's football player
- Ray Iskandarb. 2002LBsportsperson
- Rudy IskandarSGbadminton player
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 48 sources across 26 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 769 | #32,142 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 520 | #41,799 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 338 | #56,526 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 7
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Ismlar.com — Uzbek given-name dictionary (meanings, gender, origin)
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 are other forms of the name Iskandar?
- In the etymology graph, Sander, Zander and Aca are forms of the same name in other languages.
- Where does the name Iskandar come from?
- A male given name from Arabic [in turn from Ancient Greek], variant of Alexander. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What does the name Iskandar mean?
- In Indonesian, Variant of the name Alexander.
- In which country does Iskandar have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 45 thousand people named Iskandar in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled iskandar.
- How common is the name Iskandar?
- In the United States, the national register counted 226 people named Iskandar in 2020, about 1 in 1.5 million residents.
- How common is Iskandar compared with other names?
- In Tajikistan, Iskandar is the 125th most common given name of 28,277 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Iskandar?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/iskandarThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Iskandar” — the 125th most common given name in Tajikistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.