Family name Issey (Issey 
, איסי 
, Огата 
) , worldwide, is a rare surname. The surname Issey is characteristic of Maldives, where it is quite a common surname, Singapore, where it is a rare surname, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Maldives, and Russia. More frequently, Issey is the forename as well as the last name.