Farooqi Surname
Approximately 44,432 people bear this surname
Farooqi Surname User-submission:
The surname is descendent from second Islamic caliph Omar Farooq (d.644). The family name is widely known as Al-Omari in Arabic countries, and as Farooqi in Indian subcontinent where second highest proportion live after Middle east. Omar's great grand son Al-adham travelled to Afghanistan as priest, and this tribe then moved to modern day Pakistan and India.
Read More About This SurnameFarooqi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 31,681 | 1:5,639 | 513 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4,015 | 1:7,685 | 1,079 |
| Iran | 2,417 | 1:31,768 | 3,816 |
| India | 2,262 | 1:339,109 | 18,648 |
| United States | 1,101 | 1:329,209 | 29,862 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,007 | 1:9,099 | 1,134 |
| England | 473 | 1:117,797 | 11,992 |
| Canada | 393 | 1:93,755 | 10,242 |
| Qatar | 243 | 1:9,704 | 1,068 |
| Kuwait | 202 | 1:18,815 | 2,493 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Afghanistan | 114 | 1:282,045 | 4,567 |
| Hong Kong | 84 | 1:87,327 | 1,583 |
| Indonesia | 36 | 1:3,673,589 | 193,360 |
| Australia | 33 | 1:818,052 | 51,601 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| France | 18 | 1:3,690,151 | 224,666 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Denmark | 16 | 1:352,795 | 24,706 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Netherlands | 16 | 1:1,055,448 | 66,951 |
| Norway | 15 | 1:342,819 | 32,589 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Sweden | 13 | 1:757,443 | 56,422 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Oman | 12 | 1:307,331 | 4,704 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:486,711 | 19,179 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 1:754,720 | 41,661 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
Farooqi (676) may also be a first name.
Farooqi Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The surname is descendent from second Islamic caliph Omar Farooq (d.644). The family name is widely known as Al-Omari in Arabic countries, and as Farooqi in Indian subcontinent where second highest proportion live after Middle east. Omar's great grand son Al-adham travelled to Afghanistan as priest, and this tribe then moved to modern day Pakistan and India.
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Average Farooqi Salary in
United States
$54,778 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Farooqi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Farooqi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Farooqi (Hindi: फारूकी) is found in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Farooqi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 12,634th most frequent family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 164,016 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Farooqi live; 82 percent live in South Asia and 77 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 318,733rd most common first name internationally It is held by 676 people.
This surname is most widely held in Pakistan, where it is borne by 31,681 people, or 1 in 5,639. In Pakistan Farooqi is mostly found in: Sindh, where 45 percent live, Punjab, where 37 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 8 percent live. Besides Pakistan it exists in 51 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 9 percent live and Iran, where 5 percent live.
Farooqi Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Farooqi surname are 12.08% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.85% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Farooqi earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 16.89% less than the national average, earning 287,628 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 16.14% less than the national average, earning R 199,272 per year; in United States they earn 26.95% more than the national average, earning $54,778 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.59% less than the national average, earning $47,404 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Farooqi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Farooqi in the Hindi language | ||
| फारूकी | pharuki | 57.85 |
| फारुकी | pharuki | 13.22 |
| फारूक़ी | pharuqi | 13.22 |
| फारूक़ी | pharuqi | 10.74 |
| फरूक़ी | pharuqi | 2.48 |
| फ़ारूक़ी | faruqi | 0.83 |
| फ़रूक़ी | faruqi | 0.83 |
| फारुक़ी | pharuqi | 0.83 |
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