Iqb Surname

309,763rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,217 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Iqb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Iqb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan1,2011:148,7464,060
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Iqb (11) may also be a first name.

Iqb Last Name Facts

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

The surname Iqb is more frequently found in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Iqb? popularity and diffusion

The surname Iqb is the 309,763rd most widespread family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 5,988,123 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Iqb are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Iqb is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring given name internationally, borne by 11 people.

The last name Iqb is most frequently used in Pakistan, where it is borne by 1,201 people, or 1 in 148,746. In Pakistan it is primarily concentrated in: Punjab, where 80 percent are found, Sindh, where 10 percent are found and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Pakistan it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 1 percent are found and Malaysia, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ioqb862/
Ihqb861/
Iqub861/
Iqhb861/
Aiqb861/
Itqb861/
Aiqub751/
Jiqcb751/
Icb6718/
Ikb6715/
Iqp679/
Iqv677/
Iqf675/
Uqb675/
Eqb674/
Yqb673/
Jqb672/
Yiqueb671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Iqb
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