Farouk Surname
Approximately 256,193 people bear this surname
Farouk Surname User-submission:
The Farouk surname derived from the Arabic word farouq, which means 'one who can distinguish between right and wrong', it is Arabic given and family name.
Farouk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 175,846 | 1:523 | 67 |
| Saudi Arabia | 16,377 | 1:1,884 | 209 |
| Sudan | 15,960 | 1:2,350 | 333 |
| Nigeria | 8,910 | 1:19,881 | 1,822 |
| Ghana | 6,512 | 1:4,149 | 595 |
| Syria | 5,017 | 1:3,847 | 443 |
| Iraq | 4,265 | 1:8,211 | 679 |
| Morocco | 3,885 | 1:8,874 | 1,192 |
| Palestine | 3,253 | 1:1,398 | 249 |
| Jordan | 2,366 | 1:3,737 | 765 |
| Bangladesh | 2,163 | 1:73,674 | 3,528 |
| Sri Lanka | 1,608 | 1:12,941 | 1,861 |
| Algeria | 1,496 | 1:25,823 | 4,711 |
| Kuwait | 1,253 | 1:3,033 | 397 |
| Comoros | 928 | 1:808 | 119 |
| Lebanon | 810 | 1:6,959 | 1,124 |
| United Arab Emirates | 786 | 1:11,657 | 1,449 |
| Malaysia | 495 | 1:59,584 | 4,500 |
| Indonesia | 472 | 1:280,189 | 25,216 |
| Oman | 464 | 1:7,948 | 1,098 |
| South Africa | 305 | 1:177,632 | 19,553 |
| Bahrain | 279 | 1:4,834 | 873 |
| England | 255 | 1:218,502 | 18,526 |
| France | 254 | 1:261,507 | 40,317 |
| Niger | 242 | 1:79,306 | 3,453 |
| United States | 217 | 1:1,670,318 | 111,195 |
| Israel | 193 | 1:44,340 | 5,979 |
| Qatar | 178 | 1:13,247 | 1,453 |
| Canada | 152 | 1:242,405 | 23,093 |
| Uganda | 121 | 1:322,639 | 21,815 |
| Singapore | 116 | 1:47,480 | 1,839 |
| Philippines | 100 | 1:1,012,382 | 86,556 |
| Iran | 90 | 1:853,139 | 41,713 |
| Tunisia | 90 | 1:6,785 | 1,127 |
| Guyana | 63 | 1:12,099 | 1,709 |
| Pakistan | 60 | 1:2,977,398 | 24,221 |
| Spain | 57 | 1:820,211 | 33,492 |
| Benin | 46 | 1:224,687 | 20,522 |
| Netherlands | 45 | 1:375,271 | 40,838 |
| Tanzania | 36 | 1:1,470,600 | 46,994 |
| India | 35 | 1:21,916,154 | 310,282 |
| Australia | 30 | 1:899,857 | 54,700 |
| Germany | 27 | 1:2,981,684 | 140,707 |
| Libya | 25 | 1:249,759 | 1,033 |
| Yemen | 25 | 1:1,057,012 | 11,599 |
| Ireland | 23 | 1:204,736 | 8,142 |
| Kenya | 19 | 1:2,430,521 | 36,895 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Isle of Man | 14 | 1:6,130 | 1,329 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| Czechia | 11 | 1:966,679 | 76,885 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Maldives | 10 | 1:40,417 | 2,132 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
| Iceland | 7 | 1:54,299 | 3,881 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 1:646,903 | 40,014 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| East Timor | 4 | 1:303,982 | 255 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 1:340,994 | 12,383 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
Farouk (148,330) may also be a first name.
Farouk Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Farouk surname derived from the Arabic word farouq, which means 'one who can distinguish between right and wrong', it is Arabic given and family name.
- dinafaroukThis surname means 'one who distinguishes between right and wrong'.
- omar5Farouk Demographics
Average Male Farouk Height
171.93 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Farouk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Farouk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Farouk (Arabic: فروق, Hindi: फारूक, Marathi: फारुक, Russian: Фароук) is found in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Farouk? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,144th most common family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 28,446 people. Farouk occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Farouk live; 77 percent live in North Africa and 75 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 7,083rd most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 148,330 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Egypt, where it is held by 175,846 people, or 1 in 523. Apart from Egypt this last name exists in 114 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 6 percent live and Sudan, where 6 percent live.
Farouk Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Farouk surname is principally Shiite (53%) in Lebanon and Muslim (91%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Farouk last name are 34.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 87.5% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Farouk earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 52.48% more than the national average, earning R 362,340 per year; in United States they earn 11.19% more than the national average, earning $47,978 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.22% less than the national average, earning $47,587 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Farouk Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Farouk in the Hindi language | ||
| फारूक | pharuka | - |
| Farouk in the Marathi language | ||
| फारुक | pharuka | 66.67 |
| फारोक | pharoka | 33.33 |
| Farouk in the Russian language | ||
| Фароук | farouk | - |
| Farouk in the Arabic language | ||
| فروق | frwq | - |
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