Iqba Surname

78,796th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,198 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Iqba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Iqba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan6,1191:29,1951,461
United Arab Emirates301:305,40920,323
Indonesia101:13,224,919434,432
Afghanistan81:4,019,14821,487
India81:95,883,173728,828
England71:7,959,723202,100
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
China21:683,660,78330,601
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Iqba (275) may also be a first name.

Iqba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Iqba occurs most in Pakistan. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Iqba? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 78,796th most common surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,175,790 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Iqba live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Iqba is also the 535,844th most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 275 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Pakistan, where it is borne by 6,119 people, or 1 in 29,195. In Pakistan Iqba is most numerous in: Punjab, where 86 percent are found, Sindh, where 9 percent are found and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 3 percent are found. Barring Pakistan this surname is found in 11 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent are found and Indonesia, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Iqbai8914/
Hiqba8910/
Iqbad899/
Iqbas896/
Iqbaz894/
Iqbat892/
Iqbaa892/
Iqbea891/
Iqboa891/
Iqbaj891/
Oiqba891/
Iqubai801/
Iqubay801/
Uqba75424/
Ikba7510/
Iqva752/
Icba751/
Eqba751/
Ikbai67225/
Icbas6728/
Icbat6717/
Hicba672/
Uqbay672/
Iqbeu671/
Equba671/
Iokba671/
Iqvas671/
Jikba671/
Ikbay671/
Icbai671/
Gikba671/
Eqbai671/

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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 Iqba
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