Ismajli
surname · Latin script
Meaning: a surname originating as a patronymic
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ismˈa͡ɪɫi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Ismajli is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in North Macedonia than in any other country. In Kosovo it is the 87th most common surname.
- XKKosovo≈1 in 1.3K(inferred from the name graph)
- MKNorth Macedonia1 in 502as Исмаили
- CHSwitzerland1 in 3.8Kas Ismaili
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 Ismajli 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.
- North Macedonia (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 54 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.3K (inferred from the name graph)
4,239 named Исмаили
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Kosovo, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Ismaili in MK North Macedonia, CH Switzerland, XK Kosovo.
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 surname originating as a patronymic
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ismajli 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MK North Macedonia | #207 | 4,239as Исмаили | 1 in 502 | 4.2K | Ismaili | 19 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 2,202as Ismaili | 1 in 3.8K | 2.2K | Ismaili | 23 |
| XK Kosovo | #87 | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | 1 | Ismaili | 6 |
| US United States | — | 458as Ismaili | 1 in 726K | 620 | Ismajli | 48 |
| ES Spain | — | 329as Ismaili | 1 in 152K | 329 | — | 3 |
| NO Norway | — | 204as Ismaili | 1 in 27K | 204 | — | 7 |
| SI Slovenia | #218 | 132as Ismaili | 1 in 16K | 132 | Ismajli | 6 |
4,239 people counted by State Statistical Office — living population names, counting the spelling исмаили. 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: State Statistical Office — living population names; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search); stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). 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)
- Adelina Ismailib. 1979XKKosovo-Albanian singer, actress, beauty pageant winner (born 1979)
- Genta Ismajlib. 1984XKKosovo-Albanian singer
- Ardian Ismajlib. 1996XKAlbanian-Kosovan association football 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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 12 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 650 | #1,944 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 98 | #15,692 |
| SI Slovenia | stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank) | — | 33 | #10,092 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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 Ismajli mean, and where does it come from?
- a surname originating as a patronymic Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Ismajli?
- A machine transcription gives /ismˈa͡ɪɫi/ (IPA) for Albanian.
- In which country does Ismajli have the most bearers?
- In North Macedonia, the national register counted about 4.2 thousand people named Исмаили, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Ismajli?
- In North Macedonia, the national register counted 4,239 people named Исмаили, about 1 in 502 residents.
- How common is Ismajli compared with other names?
- In North Macedonia, Ismajli is the 207th most common surname of 4,895 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ismajliThe 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, “Ismajli” — the 207th most common surname in North Macedonia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.