Issaka
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Issaka is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Niger than in any other country, where it is the 8th most common surname.
- GHGhana≈1 in 3.5K(inferred from the name graph)
- NENiger≈1 in 797
- TGTogo≈1 in 1.5K
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.
- Niger (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 95 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 797 (inferred from the name graph)
≈29,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Niger, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Issaka 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NE Niger | #8 | ≈29,000 est. | ≈1 in 797 | 3 | Issaka | 21 |
| GH Ghana | #149 | ≈8,400 est. | ≈1 in 3.5K | — | Issaka | 43 |
| TG Togo | #705 | ≈5,700 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | 4 | Issaka | 10 |
| TD Chad | #87 | ≈5,300 est. | ≈1 in 3.2K | — | Issaka | 10 |
| BF Burkina Faso | #635 | ≈4,700 est. | ≈1 in 4.5K | — | Issaka | 18 |
| ES Spain | — | 68 | 1 in 736K | 68 | Issaka | 9 |
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: Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); Journal Officiel — Liste definitive des candidats (legislatives 2024). 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)
- Baba Issakab. 1982GQEquatoguinean footballer
- Nouridine Issaka Garbab. 2005NENigerien taekwondo athlete
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 17 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 68 | #36,182 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 68 | #35,845 |
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
- In which country does Issaka have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 29 thousand people named Issaka in the Niger, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled issaka.
- How common is the name Issaka?
- In Spain, the national register counted 68 people named Issaka, about 1 in 736 thousand residents.
- How common is Issaka compared with other names?
- In the Niger, Issaka is the 8th most common surname of 242 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Issaka?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/issakaThe 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, “Issaka” — the 8th most common surname in Niger. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.