Tarik Forename
4,544th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 230,931 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco
Tarik Forename User-submission:
Tarik is a masculine Arabic name, meaning referring to a man who comes late at night and knocks on the door.
Tarik Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 100% | 95,619 | 1:359 | 77 |
| Turkey | 100% | 37,616 | 1:2,068 | 447 |
| India | 100% | 22,692 | 1:53,538 | 7,113 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 18,329 | 1:8,700 | 1,138 |
| Algeria | 100% | 11,016 | 1:3,466 | 471 |
| Sudan | 67% | 9,321 | 1:4,056 | 655 |
| Libya | - | 7,895 | 1:788 | 143 |
| Egypt | 100% | 6,094 | 1:15,081 | 1,268 |
| United States | 100% | 3,297 | 1:109,960 | 4,738 |
| France | 100% | 2,874 | 1:23,128 | 989 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 2,543 | 1:38,364 | 4,143 |
| Spain | 100% | 2,366 | 1:19,666 | 1,165 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,188 | 1:180,333 | 8,347 |
| Belgium | 100% | 822 | 1:13,978 | 1,275 |
| England | 100% | 769 | 1:72,305 | 3,020 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 761 | 1:22,210 | 2,061 |
| Germany | 100% | 716 | 1:135,025 | 2,497 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 583 | 1:52,852 | 6,182 |
| Canada | 98% | 570 | 1:58,129 | 3,644 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 484 | 1:5,080 | 627 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 419 | 1:8,412 | 1,128 |
| Qatar | 100% | 419 | 1:5,655 | 903 |
| Sweden | 98% | 328 | 1:30,055 | 1,861 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 307 | 1:23,296 | 2,331 |
| Poland | - | 283 | 1:134,371 | 2,707 |
| Indonesia | - | 282 | 1:914,765 | 58,262 |
| Nepal | 52% | 244 | 1:116,751 | 6,109 |
| Kuwait | - | 218 | 1:17,364 | 1,932 |
| Oman | - | 211 | 1:19,472 | 1,699 |
| Russia | 99% | 192 | 1:751,217 | 7,145 |
| Iraq | - | 179 | 1:195,630 | 3,430 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 172 | 1:306,909 | 10,602 |
| Thailand | 100% | 137 | 1:511,429 | 24,079 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 135 | 1:1,439,687 | 22,245 |
| Denmark | - | 122 | 1:46,307 | 1,829 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 92 | 1:89,277 | 2,963 |
| Bahrain | - | 89 | 1:15,154 | 2,209 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 86 | 1:3,699 | 725 |
| Austria | 100% | 76 | 1:112,029 | 2,230 |
| Italy | 97% | 68 | 1:897,972 | 8,036 |
| Norway | 100% | 67 | 1:76,602 | 2,741 |
| Iran | 100% | 63 | 1:1,245,982 | 9,621 |
| Jamaica | - | 61 | 1:47,266 | 2,729 |
| Australia | - | 59 | 1:231,485 | 5,364 |
| Ireland | 100% | 56 | 1:82,920 | 2,231 |
| Portugal | - | 55 | 1:189,288 | 4,092 |
| Jordan | - | 52 | 1:169,746 | 2,495 |
| Mexico | 97% | 49 | 1:2,533,560 | 13,588 |
| Croatia | 100% | 48 | 1:87,856 | 2,305 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 46 | 1:209,629 | 6,523 |
| Israel | 97% | 40 | 1:210,073 | 6,344 |
| Malaysia | 90% | 34 | 1:895,586 | 32,752 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 31 | 1:5,727,883 | 80,246 |
| Scotland | 100% | 31 | 1:172,592 | 3,232 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 29 | 1:46,945 | 4,279 |
| Uganda | 100% | 28 | 1:1,462,747 | 21,804 |
| Serbia | 100% | 27 | 1:264,656 | 3,928 |
| Philippines | 100% | 26 | 1:4,077,288 | 74,793 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 26 | 1:1,161,611 | 23,916 |
| Angola | - | 25 | 1:1,078,664 | 2,481 |
| Czechia | 52% | 24 | 1:444,007 | 2,370 |
| South Africa | 100% | 24 | 1:2,272,194 | 64,564 |
| Chile | 100% | 19 | 1:926,695 | 8,687 |
| Finland | 91% | 17 | 1:322,540 | 4,487 |
| Kosovo | - | 16 | 1:116,340 | 5,962 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 16 | 1:39,661 | 2,009 |
| Mozambique | - | 16 | 1:1,702,710 | 1,919 |
| Belarus | 100% | 15 | 1:632,159 | 3,807 |
| Barbados | - | 14 | 1:20,699 | 1,571 |
| Albania | 82% | 13 | 1:234,352 | 11,554 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 13 | 1:1,365,142 | 12,672 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 13 | 1:43,388 | 1,811 |
| Panama | 100% | 13 | 1:300,504 | 9,934 |
| Syria | - | 13 | 1:1,485,083 | 3,547 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 67% | 12 | 1:497,773 | 15,496 |
| China | - | 11 | 1:124,186,889 | 65,712 |
| Peru | 89% | 11 | 1:2,890,132 | 25,809 |
| Tunisia | - | 11 | 1:61,537 | 2,905 |
| Yemen | - | 10 | 1:2,629,675 | 3,867 |
| Estonia | 100% | 9 | 1:146,153 | 5,307 |
| Singapore | - | 9 | 1:698,562 | 12,752 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 9 | 1:608,097 | 1,859 |
| Wales | 50% | 8 | 1:386,789 | 5,520 |
| Bermuda | - | 6 | 1:10,804 | 1,174 |
| Bulgaria | - | 5 | 1:1,398,078 | 12,856 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 5 | 1:953,590 | 10,779 |
| Guyana | - | 5 | 1:152,652 | 10,224 |
| Kenya | - | 5 | 1:9,261,422 | 35,582 |
| Ukraine | - | 5 | 1:9,099,982 | 12,980 |
| DR Congo | 50% | 4 | 1:18,456,901 | 95,891 |
| Ecuador | - | 4 | 1:4,431,730 | 16,276 |
| Ghana | 100% | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Romania | 100% | 4 | 1:5,012,994 | 31,756 |
| South Korea | - | 4 | 1:1,386,105 | 20,690 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Armenia | 100% | 3 | 1:972,918 | 8,284 |
| Benin | - | 3 | 1:3,525,281 | 51,145 |
| Colombia | - | 3 | 1:15,926,309 | 51,235 |
| Greece | 100% | 3 | 1:3,644,849 | 16,562 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 3 | 1:696,919 | 10,674 |
| Moldova | - | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Nicaragua | - | 3 | 1:2,006,112 | 19,543 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 3 | 1:37,193 | 3,592 |
| Argentina | 100% | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Belize | 100% | 2 | 1:177,154 | 5,935 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Hungary | 100% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Japan | - | 2 | 1:63,993,028 | 72,606 |
| Lebanon | - | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Niger | 100% | 2 | 1:9,591,997 | 55,581 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| Senegal | - | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 2 | 1:11,884,841 | 132,786 |
| Zimbabwe | - | 2 | 1:7,711,908 | 84,647 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1 | 1:7,752,725 | 20,144 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Liberia | - | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 1 | 1:8,152,314 | 202,620 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| 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: Tárik (36) are calculated separately.
Tarik (51,485) may also be a surname.
Tarik Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Tarik is a masculine Arabic name, meaning referring to a man who comes late at night and knocks on the door.
- youssefyjThis name means 'star which illuminates the darkness'. It also refers to the planet Venus.
- Forebears.io Manual SubmissionsTarik Forename Popularity
Tarik Demographics
Tarik Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 378 (2014)
United States
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Phonetically Similar Names
Tarik Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tarik in the Russian language | ||
| Тарик | tarik | - |
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