Tariq Forename
1,308th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 728,743 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Oman
Tariq Forename User-submission:
Tariq (Arabic: طارق, IPA: [tˤaːˈrɪq]) is an Arabic name, which means 'knocker', 'nomad', 'morning star', 'visitor in dreams'. Tarık is a Turkish equivalent of this name.
Tariq Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 89% | 432,049 | 1:450 | 51 |
| Egypt | 100% | 91,047 | 1:1,009 | 187 |
| Sudan | 100% | 61,675 | 1:613 | 107 |
| India | 100% | 33,780 | 1:35,964 | 4,995 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 21,079 | 1:7,565 | 993 |
| Oman | 100% | 21,043 | 1:195 | 30 |
| Morocco | 100% | 11,929 | 1:2,879 | 370 |
| Libya | - | 8,446 | 1:737 | 133 |
| England | 100% | 7,267 | 1:7,651 | 673 |
| United States | 100% | 6,085 | 1:59,579 | 3,154 |
| Afghanistan | 99% | 5,724 | 1:5,699 | 750 |
| Israel | 97% | 3,967 | 1:2,118 | 443 |
| Bahrain | - | 3,966 | 1:340 | 51 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 3,505 | 1:5,934 | 981 |
| Kuwait | - | 2,698 | 1:1,403 | 209 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,226 | 1:14,885 | 1,501 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,399 | 1:22,025 | 2,854 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 1,307 | 1:40,389 | 3,213 |
| Algeria | 100% | 1,026 | 1:37,209 | 1,549 |
| Iraq | 100% | 739 | 1:47,385 | 1,699 |
| Spain | 100% | 616 | 1:75,536 | 2,523 |
| South Africa | 99% | 500 | 1:109,065 | 8,572 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 485 | 1:14,746 | 1,555 |
| Yemen | - | 385 | 1:68,303 | 1,317 |
| Scotland | 100% | 370 | 1:14,460 | 828 |
| Jordan | 100% | 348 | 1:25,364 | 1,172 |
| Germany | 100% | 318 | 1:304,018 | 3,930 |
| Australia | - | 304 | 1:44,926 | 2,228 |
| France | 86% | 296 | 1:224,562 | 3,459 |
| Thailand | 100% | 271 | 1:258,545 | 15,484 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 261 | 1:116,666 | 7,863 |
| Kenya | - | 257 | 1:180,183 | 7,579 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 250 | 1:67,608 | 4,115 |
| Poland | 100% | 236 | 1:161,132 | 3,078 |
| Somalia | - | 199 | 1:67,969 | 3,157 |
| New Zealand | - | 158 | 1:28,709 | 1,941 |
| Sweden | 99% | 158 | 1:62,392 | 3,073 |
| Greece | 100% | 155 | 1:70,545 | 2,176 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 148 | 1:1,742,998 | 92,954 |
| Malawi | 100% | 148 | 1:115,624 | 6,115 |
| Norway | 100% | 129 | 1:39,785 | 1,802 |
| Denmark | - | 128 | 1:44,137 | 1,783 |
| Belgium | 100% | 117 | 1:98,205 | 3,417 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 116 | 1:11,736 | 1,687 |
| Suriname | 100% | 115 | 1:4,807 | 1,027 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 113 | 1:1,571,366 | 33,950 |
| Wales | 100% | 111 | 1:27,877 | 1,316 |
| Guyana | 100% | 91 | 1:8,387 | 1,328 |
| Brazil | 100% | 87 | 1:2,462,485 | 48,570 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 78 | 1:394,698 | 7,244 |
| Qatar | 100% | 59 | 1:40,163 | 5,201 |
| Italy | 100% | 50 | 1:1,221,242 | 10,022 |
| Ireland | 100% | 43 | 1:107,989 | 2,589 |
| China | - | 38 | 1:35,948,836 | 61,432 |
| Iran | 100% | 38 | 1:2,065,707 | 12,555 |
| Syria | - | 38 | 1:508,055 | 2,845 |
| Jamaica | - | 33 | 1:87,371 | 3,958 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 30 | 1:273,783 | 5,582 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 25 | 1:51,911 | 3,113 |
| Finland | 74% | 23 | 1:238,399 | 3,800 |
| Singapore | 100% | 23 | 1:273,350 | 9,239 |
| Uganda | 94% | 23 | 1:1,780,736 | 24,513 |
| Philippines | 100% | 22 | 1:4,818,613 | 84,327 |
| DR Congo | - | 21 | 1:3,515,600 | 73,131 |
| Romania | - | 21 | 1:954,856 | 21,329 |
| Austria | 100% | 20 | 1:425,710 | 4,293 |
| Belize | 100% | 19 | 1:18,648 | 2,166 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 19 | 1:549,014 | 14,985 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 18 | 1:5,522 | 1,017 |
| Russia | 100% | 18 | 1:8,012,984 | 32,991 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 17 | 1:567,232 | 10,983 |
| Japan | - | 17 | 1:7,528,592 | 31,633 |
| Ecuador | - | 10 | 1:1,772,692 | 10,604 |
| Hong Kong | - | 10 | 1:775,272 | 5,181 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 9 | 1:96,786 | 2,691 |
| Ghana | - | 9 | 1:2,998,468 | 5,965 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 9 | 1:608,097 | 1,859 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 7 | 1:80,578 | 2,576 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 6 | 1:2,957,808 | 19,121 |
| Ukraine | - | 6 | 1:7,583,318 | 11,559 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 6 | 1:2,570,636 | 64,965 |
| South Korea | - | 5 | 1:1,108,884 | 18,705 |
| Vietnam | - | 5 | 1:18,524,623 | 4,897 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Botswana | - | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Chile | 100% | 4 | 1:4,401,802 | 21,957 |
| Czechia | - | 4 | 1:2,664,040 | 5,608 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 4 | 1:1,406,893 | 10,167 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Belarus | 100% | 3 | 1:3,160,795 | 12,102 |
| Grenada | 100% | 3 | 1:36,042 | 2,687 |
| Turkey | - | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 2 | 1:921,573 | 3,058 |
| Argentina | - | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 2 | 1:2,383,974 | 18,662 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Hungary | 100% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Mexico | - | 2 | 1:62,072,214 | 96,650 |
| Montenegro | - | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Palestine | 100% | 2 | 1:2,275,029 | 4,783 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 2 | 1:55,790 | 4,636 |
| Slovakia | - | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,229,379 | 6,326 |
| Venezuela | - | 2 | 1:15,100,946 | 147,145 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cameroon | - | 1 | 1:21,610,503 | 119,836 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Paraguay | - | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Peru | 100% | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | - | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Taiwan | - | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
The alternate forms: Táriq (1) are calculated separately.
Tariq (434,716) may also be a surname.
Tariq Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Tariq (Arabic: طارق, IPA: [tˤaːˈrɪq]) is an Arabic name, which means 'knocker', 'nomad', 'morning star', 'visitor in dreams'. Tarık is a Turkish equivalent of this name.
- turquoiseThis name means 'star which illuminates the darkness'. It also refers to the planet Venus.
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