Farag Surname
Approximately 190,832 people bear this surname
Farag Surname User-submission:
This surname means 'disappearance of worries'. For example, if you recover from an illness. Arabs say God gave him faraj.
Farag Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 128,895 | 1:713 | 89 |
| Libya | 29,804 | 1:210 | 30 |
| Saudi Arabia | 14,191 | 1:2,174 | 261 |
| Sudan | 12,040 | 1:3,115 | 437 |
| United States | 1,914 | 1:189,372 | 18,786 |
| Kuwait | 501 | 1:7,586 | 1,062 |
| Canada | 501 | 1:73,544 | 8,341 |
| Bahrain | 411 | 1:3,281 | 540 |
| Qatar | 337 | 1:6,997 | 752 |
| United Arab Emirates | 290 | 1:31,594 | 3,414 |
| Australia | 282 | 1:95,729 | 10,881 |
| England | 199 | 1:279,990 | 21,818 |
| Somalia | 196 | 1:68,633 | 2,887 |
| France | 180 | 1:369,015 | 54,985 |
| Germany | 173 | 1:465,349 | 40,819 |
| Iraq | 121 | 1:289,435 | 5,881 |
| Sweden | 98 | 1:100,477 | 7,289 |
| Netherlands | 94 | 1:179,651 | 25,733 |
| Italy | 82 | 1:745,813 | 61,559 |
| Israel | 73 | 1:117,228 | 12,979 |
| Austria | 59 | 1:144,329 | 19,392 |
| Brazil | 51 | 1:4,197,536 | 113,076 |
| Denmark | 38 | 1:148,545 | 13,026 |
| Belgium | 20 | 1:574,832 | 53,219 |
| Wales | 20 | 1:154,727 | 10,755 |
| Oman | 18 | 1:204,887 | 3,723 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Czechia | 14 | 1:759,534 | 67,321 |
| Venezuela | 13 | 1:2,323,391 | 26,733 |
| New Zealand | 13 | 1:348,333 | 27,379 |
| Yemen | 12 | 1:2,202,108 | 13,606 |
| Argentina | 11 | 1:3,885,765 | 145,016 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Syria | 9 | 1:2,144,558 | 9,551 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Jordan | 6 | 1:1,473,740 | 19,539 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 1:5,358,864 | 25,178 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Farag (27,719) may also be a first name.
Farag Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname means 'disappearance of worries'. For example, if you recover from an illness. Arabs say God gave him faraj.
- farajFarag in Arabic means: happy outcome after suffering.
- sasaelhanotyFarag Demographics
Farag Political Affiliation
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Farag Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Farag Come From? nationality or country of origin
Farag (Hindi: फराग, Marathi: फराग, Russian: Фараг) has its highest incidence in Egypt. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Farag.
How Common Is The Last Name Farag? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,947th most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 38,188 people. The surname Farag occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Farag live; 89 percent live in North Africa and 89 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Farag is also the 29,597th most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 27,719 people.
Farag is most frequent in Egypt, where it is borne by 128,895 people, or 1 in 713. Outside of Egypt it is found in 82 countries. It is also found in Libya, where 16 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 7 percent live.
Farag Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Farag last name is chiefly Maronite (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Farag last name are 1.05% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 54.28% registered with the political party.
The amount Farag earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 72.54% less than the national average, earning €8,245 per year; in Norway they earn 11.26% less than the national average, earning 307,107 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 50.39% less than the national average, earning R 117,888 per year; in United States they earn 17.01% more than the national average, earning $50,488 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.42% more than the national average, earning $56,352 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Farag Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Farag in the Hindi language | ||
| फराग | pharaga | 85.71 |
| फरग | pharaga | 14.29 |
| Farag in the Marathi language | ||
| फराग | pharaga | 83.33 |
| फरग | pharaga | 16.67 |
| Farag in the Russian language | ||
| Фараг | farag | - |
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Farag Reference & Research
Faraggi origins FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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
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