Faooq Surname

1,537,949th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 135 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Faooq Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Faooq Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan981:1,822,89718,213
India291:26,450,530346,896
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289

Faooq (62) may also be a first name.

Faooq Last Name Facts

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

Faooq is more frequently found in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Faooq? popularity and diffusion

Faooq is the 1,537,949th most commonly used last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 53,981,822 people. The surname Faooq is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Faooq are found; 94 percent are found in South Asia and 81 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,246,114th most numerous first name at a global level It is held by 62 people.

The last name Faooq is most frequently used in Pakistan, where it is held by 98 people, or 1 in 1,822,897. In Pakistan Faooq is primarily found in: Punjab, where 59 percent reside, Sindh, where 24 percent reside and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 11 percent reside. Other than Pakistan this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 21 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Faeooq9117/
Faoq891/
Faooque834/
Faook803/
Faouq803/
Faoqe801/
Faohq801/
Faookh733/
Phaooq731/
Faoque731/
Faok675/
Foaq673/

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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 Faooq
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