Baqah Surname
Approximately 169 people bear this surname
Baqah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palestine | 71 | 1:64,068 | 5,760 |
| Lebanon | 51 | 1:110,531 | 6,285 |
| Iran | 25 | 1:3,071,301 | 92,215 |
| Yemen | 9 | 1:2,936,144 | 15,216 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Baqah (48) may also be a first name.
Baqah Demographics
Baqah Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Baqah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Baqah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Baqah is held by more people in Palestine than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Baqah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Baqah is the 1,328,442nd most frequently occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 43,121,573 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Baqah live; 78 percent live in West Asia and 73 percent live in Levant. It is also the 1,448,253rd most frequently occurring forename at a global level, borne by 48 people.
The surname Baqah is most widely held in Palestine, where it is held by 71 people, or 1 in 64,068. In Palestine it is mostly concentrated in: Nablus Governorate, where 32 percent live, Qalqilya Governorate, where 30 percent live and Gaza Governorate, where 27 percent live. Apart from Palestine it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Lebanon, where 30 percent live and Iran, where 15 percent live.
Baqah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Baqah last name is chiefly Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Baqah
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