Tarek Forename
1,462nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 668,148 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Libya
Tarek Forename User-submission:
This name means 'star which illuminates the darkness'. It also refers to the planet Venus.
Tarek Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 100% | 314,740 | 1:292 | 45 |
| Libya | - | 60,409 | 1:103 | 14 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 58,653 | 1:2,719 | 385 |
| Iraq | 97% | 48,682 | 1:719 | 177 |
| Algeria | 100% | 32,480 | 1:1,175 | 221 |
| Yemen | - | 30,888 | 1:851 | 149 |
| Jordan | 100% | 30,110 | 1:293 | 46 |
| Syria | - | 19,764 | 1:977 | 193 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 13,262 | 1:424 | 76 |
| Sudan | 100% | 11,502 | 1:3,287 | 564 |
| Palestine | 100% | 11,268 | 1:404 | 96 |
| Morocco | 100% | 8,407 | 1:4,086 | 471 |
| United States | 100% | 4,292 | 1:84,468 | 3,969 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 3,571 | 1:2,003 | 223 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 2,810 | 1:241 | 22 |
| France | 100% | 2,375 | 1:27,988 | 1,111 |
| Oman | 100% | 1,449 | 1:2,836 | 404 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,292 | 1:25,645 | 2,152 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,166 | 1:26,426 | 3,414 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,040 | 1:93,808 | 6,821 |
| Bahrain | - | 1,021 | 1:1,321 | 216 |
| Spain | 100% | 988 | 1:47,095 | 1,930 |
| England | 100% | 911 | 1:61,035 | 2,699 |
| Ghana | - | 843 | 1:32,012 | 2,007 |
| Germany | 100% | 794 | 1:121,761 | 2,359 |
| Sweden | 100% | 528 | 1:18,670 | 1,338 |
| India | 100% | 505 | 1:2,405,699 | 118,082 |
| Poland | 100% | 424 | 1:89,687 | 2,012 |
| Togo | - | 330 | 1:21,937 | 3,753 |
| Brazil | 100% | 329 | 1:651,174 | 19,573 |
| Belgium | 100% | 313 | 1:36,709 | 2,103 |
| Netherlands | 99% | 286 | 1:59,098 | 3,804 |
| Djibouti | - | 196 | 1:4,672 | 508 |
| Austria | 100% | 190 | 1:44,812 | 1,425 |
| Australia | - | 161 | 1:84,830 | 3,283 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 143 | 1:211,202 | 7,548 |
| Kuwait | - | 142 | 1:26,657 | 2,664 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 131 | 1:62,698 | 2,460 |
| Italy | 99% | 128 | 1:477,048 | 5,185 |
| Denmark | - | 112 | 1:50,442 | 1,920 |
| Malawi | - | 106 | 1:161,437 | 7,641 |
| Greece | 100% | 97 | 1:112,727 | 2,898 |
| Russia | 100% | 90 | 1:1,602,597 | 11,660 |
| Thailand | 100% | 85 | 1:824,304 | 32,632 |
| Chile | 100% | 74 | 1:237,935 | 4,023 |
| Portugal | - | 74 | 1:140,687 | 3,423 |
| Mexico | 97% | 66 | 1:1,880,976 | 11,473 |
| Norway | 100% | 57 | 1:90,041 | 3,038 |
| Indonesia | - | 45 | 1:5,732,526 | 217,519 |
| Malaysia | 92% | 44 | 1:692,044 | 27,306 |
| Qatar | 100% | 38 | 1:62,358 | 7,477 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 37 | 1:281,926 | 10,232 |
| Angola | - | 36 | 1:749,072 | 2,190 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 34 | 1:2,171,400 | 51,388 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 33 | 1:1,378,785 | 4,098 |
| Czechia | 100% | 29 | 1:367,454 | 2,177 |
| China | - | 28 | 1:48,787,706 | 62,196 |
| Malta | - | 28 | 1:15,334 | 1,292 |
| Wales | 100% | 28 | 1:110,511 | 2,590 |
| South Africa | 100% | 27 | 1:2,019,728 | 59,997 |
| Hungary | 100% | 26 | 1:376,607 | 1,543 |
| Finland | 76% | 23 | 1:238,399 | 3,800 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 22 | 1:8,834,440 | 66,641 |
| Panama | 100% | 21 | 1:186,027 | 7,386 |
| Scotland | 100% | 21 | 1:254,779 | 4,121 |
| Bulgaria | - | 18 | 1:388,355 | 6,963 |
| Honduras | 100% | 16 | 1:551,092 | 8,007 |
| Peru | 100% | 16 | 1:1,986,966 | 20,449 |
| Nigeria | - | 15 | 1:11,837,624 | 127,959 |
| Singapore | 100% | 15 | 1:419,137 | 10,588 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 11 | 1:2,097,812 | 47,531 |
| Philippines | 100% | 11 | 1:9,637,225 | 138,004 |
| Argentina | 100% | 10 | 1:4,277,324 | 11,519 |
| Belarus | 100% | 10 | 1:948,238 | 5,152 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 10 | 1:1,837,947 | 41,704 |
| Gabon | - | 9 | 1:209,260 | 2,118 |
| Romania | - | 9 | 1:2,227,997 | 23,879 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 8 | 1:511,905 | 10,283 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 8 | 1:170,177 | 9,829 |
| Nicaragua | 67% | 7 | 1:859,762 | 11,907 |
| Japan | - | 6 | 1:21,331,010 | 46,700 |
| Croatia | 100% | 5 | 1:843,415 | 7,845 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Ecuador | - | 5 | 1:3,545,384 | 15,000 |
| Iran | - | 5 | 1:15,699,374 | 37,124 |
| Liberia | - | 5 | 1:882,412 | 21,482 |
| Papua New Guinea | 50% | 5 | 1:1,630,463 | 100,826 |
| Turkey | - | 5 | 1:15,560,342 | 40,635 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 4 | 1:460,786 | 2,461 |
| Chad | - | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Hong Kong | - | 4 | 1:1,938,181 | 8,439 |
| Iceland | - | 4 | 1:91,504 | 3,703 |
| Israel | - | 4 | 1:2,100,730 | 20,870 |
| Mali | - | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Monaco | 100% | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| Senegal | 100% | 4 | 1:3,645,339 | 17,621 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 4 | 1:1,368,218 | 2,487 |
| Ireland | - | 3 | 1:1,547,840 | 7,573 |
| Cameroon | - | 3 | 1:7,203,501 | 73,722 |
| Mauritius | - | 3 | 1:432,595 | 7,262 |
| New Zealand | - | 3 | 1:1,512,015 | 11,267 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 3 | 1:1,183,434 | 5,646 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 3 | 1:37,193 | 3,592 |
| South Korea | - | 3 | 1:1,848,140 | 23,578 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 3 | 1:17,596,106 | 69,562 |
| Uganda | - | 3 | 1:13,652,307 | 74,436 |
| Afghanistan | - | 2 | 1:16,311,758 | 48,279 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Congo | 100% | 2 | 1:2,504,602 | 31,783 |
| Guatemala | - | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Jamaica | - | 2 | 1:1,441,614 | 15,741 |
| Nepal | 100% | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 2 | 1:3,618,402 | 11,946 |
| Slovakia | - | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 2 | 1:17,354 | 1,059 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Niger | 100% | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | - | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Somaliland | - | 1 | 1:3,501,776 | 1,551 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
The alternate forms: Tarék (6), Tárek (5), Tarèk (2) & Tàrek (1) are calculated separately.
Tarek (244,004) may also be a surname.
Tarek Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This name means 'star which illuminates the darkness'. It also refers to the planet Venus.
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Tarek Demographics
Average Male Tarek Height
175.69 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 351 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Tarek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tarek in the Russian language | ||
| Тарек | tarek | - |
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