as a Last Name
- 659
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Island
Meaning & Origins
Norwegian: habitational name from any of four farmsteads so named. The origin of their name is not certain; it may be a compound of is ‘ice’ + land ‘land’ or from Island ‘Iceland’ (the name of the country).
| 32,458th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 659
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- South Dakota
- has the most people named Island per capita
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