Farq Surname

1,044,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 240 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Farq Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Farq Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan1701:1,050,84613,360
Afghanistan591:544,9696,640
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Farq (382) may also be a first name.

Farq Last Name Facts

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

The last name Farq (Arabic: فرق) occurs in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Farq click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Farq? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,044,719th most commonly held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 30,364,775 people. The last name Farq is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Farq reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 443,564th most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 382 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Pakistan, where it is held by 170 people, or 1 in 1,050,846. In Pakistan it is most frequent in: Punjab, where 98 percent live, Sindh, where 1 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 1 percent live. Beside Pakistan this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 25 percent live and Egypt, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Farrq899/
Farqe897/
Farqh892/
Faurq892/
Farqu891/
Farqz891/
Farque802,504/
Farquh8010/
Farquk801/
Farqut801/
Farquq801/
Farg7514,575/
Fark75842/
Farc75148/
Varq755/
Farx751/
Ferq751/
Faurque731/
Farqque731/
Fargh67872/
Farkh67796/
Farke67277/
Faarx67246/
Farccque677/
Farrg674/
Farck674/
Faerk671/
Foorq671/
Faurk671/
Farhk671/
Farrk671/
Forqu671/
Farkk671/
Fargs670/

Farq Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Farq in the Arabic language
فرقfrq-

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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
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  • 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 Farq
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