El Faruq Surname

164,762nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,631 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El Faruq Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Faruq Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt2,6241:35,0363,683
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793

El Faruq (1,605) may also be a first name.

El Faruq Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El Faruq Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname El Faruq is more commonly found in Egypt than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name El Faruq? popularity and diffusion

The last name El Faruq is the 164,762nd most common surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 2,769,877 people. The surname El Faruq occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of El Faruq reside; 100 percent reside in North Africa and 100 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. El Faruq is also the 192,886th most widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 1,605 people.

The surname El Faruq is most frequently held in Egypt, where it is held by 2,624 people, or 1 in 35,036. Beside Egypt El Faruq occurs in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Farouq94144/
El Fariq88210/
El Farouk82943/
El Fargoug789/
El Farik757/
El-Faruk755/
El-Farouk71371/
El Varoug711/
El Farikh711/
El Ferik634/
El-Farick599/
El Feirick562/
El Verik502/
El-Ferik501/

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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 El Faruq
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