Farook Surname
Approximately 47,940 people bear this surname
Farook Surname User-submission:
This surname means 'one who distinguishes between right and wrong'.
Farook Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 24,485 | 1:850 | 103 |
| India | 6,187 | 1:123,980 | 7,996 |
| Bangladesh | 4,866 | 1:32,749 | 2,063 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4,094 | 1:7,537 | 1,068 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2,402 | 1:3,814 | 482 |
| Egypt | 1,800 | 1:51,075 | 4,987 |
| Qatar | 958 | 1:2,461 | 218 |
| Kuwait | 559 | 1:6,799 | 949 |
| Oman | 371 | 1:9,941 | 1,270 |
| England | 364 | 1:153,072 | 14,566 |
| Malawi | 261 | 1:65,590 | 8,693 |
| Malaysia | 258 | 1:114,319 | 7,590 |
| Pakistan | 237 | 1:753,772 | 11,005 |
| Fiji | 189 | 1:4,732 | 899 |
| United States | 188 | 1:1,927,973 | 124,806 |
| Bahrain | 162 | 1:8,325 | 1,494 |
| Singapore | 116 | 1:47,480 | 1,839 |
| Iraq | 68 | 1:515,024 | 8,412 |
| Canada | 60 | 1:614,093 | 50,489 |
| Australia | 41 | 1:658,432 | 45,385 |
| Brunei | 37 | 1:11,317 | 1,397 |
| South Africa | 28 | 1:1,934,918 | 88,980 |
| Guyana | 26 | 1:29,316 | 3,211 |
| New Zealand | 24 | 1:188,680 | 19,801 |
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
| Maldives | 18 | 1:22,454 | 1,401 |
| Myanmar | 16 | 1:3,246,124 | 792 |
| Yemen | 11 | 1:2,402,299 | 14,089 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Jordan | 4 | 1:2,210,609 | 20,372 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
Farook (19,725) may also be a first name.
Farook Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname means 'one who distinguishes between right and wrong'.
- omar5Farook Demographics
Average Male Farook Height
169.4 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Farook Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Farook Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Farook (Hindi: फारूक, Marathi: फ़ारुक, Oriya: ଫାରୁକ) is held by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Farook click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Farook? popularity and diffusion
The last name Farook is the 11,718th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 152,014 people. The surname Farook occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Farook live; 75 percent live in South Asia and 64 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 38,199th most commonly used given name in the world, held by 19,725 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 24,485 people, or 1 in 850. Without taking into account Sri Lanka it is found in 67 countries. It is also common in India, where 13 percent live and Bangladesh, where 10 percent live.
Farook Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Farook last name are 19.74% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 72.97% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Farook earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 31.07% more than the national average, earning R 311,472 per year; in United States they earn 10.33% more than the national average, earning $47,605 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.95% less than the national average, earning $42,754 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Farook Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Farook in the Hindi language | ||
| फारूक | pharuka | 97.86 |
| फरूक | pharuka | 1.03 |
| फारुक | pharuka | 0.48 |
| फारूख | pharukha | 0.34 |
| फारुख | pharukha | 0.1 |
| फारूक् | pharuk | 0.04 |
| फारूकी | pharuki | 0.04 |
| फ़ारूक | faruka | 0.04 |
| फ़ारूख | farukha | 0.02 |
| फ़ारूक | faruka | 0.02 |
| फॅारूक | phearuka | 0.02 |
| Farook in the Marathi language | ||
| फ़ारुक | faruka | 66.67 |
| फ़ारुख | farukha | 22.22 |
| फारोक | pharoka | 11.11 |
| Farook in the Oriya language | ||
| ଫାରୁକ | pharuka | 50 |
| ଫାରକ | pharaka | 50 |
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