Popularity of the last name by country
All countries
- United States (86,024)
- New Zealand (11,166)
- Canada (8,957)
- United Kingdom (6,137)
- Netherlands (4,288)
- Australia (3,859)
- France (3,794)
- Unknown country (1,883)
- Ireland (1,700)
- Norway (903)
- Germany (675)
- Italy (444)
- Paraguay (418)
- Spain (365)
- Switzerland (319)
- Philippines (285)
- Mexico (264)
- Russian Federation (239)
- China (218)
- Colombia (170)
- India (159)
- Samoa (153)
- Belgium (152)
- Cuba (151)
- Indonesia (142)
- Denmark (136)
- Argentina (134)
- Panama (99)
- Peru (95)
- Sweden (95)
- Poland (85)
- Portugal (78)
- Hungary (74)
- Estonia (67)
- Venezuela (63)
- Greece (57)
- Austria (56)
- Turkey (54)
- Jamaica (53)
- Brazil (44)
Origine of last name
ISLAND : Norwegian: habitational name from any of the four farmsteads so named. The origin of their name is not certain; it may be a compound of is ‘ice’ + land ‘(piece of) land farmstead’ or from Island ‘Iceland’ (the name of the country).
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