The Islam surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,670 people carried this name — #3,354 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 27,600 people counted. That is up 79% from 5,967 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
297 people named Islam live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 155 people named Islam live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 35 people named Islam.
Most of them — 25 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 4 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 28 people named Islam live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in City of Buenos Aires.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
26 people named Islam have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,057 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In national population registers
1,511 people named Islam are counted in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Slovenia.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad. Slovenia counts its residents on 1 January 2026.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0 · source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (SURS), SiStat tables 05X1015S–05X1018S, family names of the population, 1 January 2026 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In Scotland’s registers today
Islam was recorded 12 times in Scotland’s registers of births, marriages and deaths in 2025.
That made it the 1665th most common name in those registers, shared with others on the same count. Each birth counts the child’s surname, each marriage both partners’ and each death the surname of the person who died — a yearly count of registrations, not of the people who live in Scotland.
National Records of Scotland, «Most Common Surnames, 2025» (published 26 May 2026): every surname recorded 10 or more times in the 2025 registers, and the series from 1975 · different spellings are counted separately — © Crown copyright 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
In print
Islam in American newspapers,
1912–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 36 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Islam in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1990s.
212 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Islam. The most, 38, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.5 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Islam.
Who carried it
People named Islam,
with a public archive behind them.
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Kazi Nazrul Islam 1899–1976 · writer -
Kazi Nazrul Islam 1899–1976 · writer
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Kazi Nazrul Islam 1899–1976 · writer
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Kazi Nazrul Islam 1899–1976 · writer
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Alimul Islam d. 2010 · military personnel
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Didarul Islam d. 2025 · police officer
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Islam,
in the records of 4 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States42 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 40
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Abdurahim R. IslamBorn 1898 in Greece. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, from Worcester County, Massachusetts.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) -
Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s Alien registration Noor IslamBorn 1917 in Benjal, India. Entered the United States at New York in 1943. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.
U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) -
Example: U.S. death certificate, 1910 Death record Joseph IslamDied 1941 in Manhattan, New York, aged 28.
NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data)
Showing 3 of 42 records for Islam in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0); Certificate of death, Oregon State Board of Health, 1910, Oregon State Archives (public domain).
Australia8 records
- Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 6
- Tasmanian Names Index 1
- Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
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Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record Ahmet IslamRetired labourer of Carrum, Victoria; died 1993.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: civil register, 1880 Death record William Thorp IslamDied 1896 in Franklin, Tasmania, aged 71.
Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record Hetem IslamMarket gardener of Shepparton, Victoria; died 1950.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 8 records for Islam in Australia.
Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).
France3 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Mohammad IslamBorn 1952 in Pakistan; died 1990 in Paris.
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Zaida IslamBorn 1915 in Algeria; died 1992 in Paris.
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Dzaoudi IslamBorn 1974 in Comoros; died 1995 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Canada1 record
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Example: civil register, 1880 Birth record Pauline Frances IslamBorn 1918 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Islam.
- Isenberg 3,790 · U.S. census
- Isern 241 · U.S. census
- Isham 4,139 · U.S. census
- Isidor 322 · U.S. census
- Isidore 599 · U.S. census
- Isik 241 · U.S. census
- Islas 9,200 · U.S. census
- Isler 2,280 · U.S. census
- Isley 3,754 · U.S. census
- Ismael 1,012 · U.S. census
- Ismail 6,126 · U.S. census
- Ismaili 458 · U.S. census
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