Iqball Surname

183,449th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,315 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Iqball Surname User-submission:

It is an Arabic surname, meaning 'good fortune' and 'prosperity', but also the Punjabi meaning of 'power', 'force' and 'one who is strong'. It can also be spelled as Eqbal, Ikbal, or Eghbal.

Iqball Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan8661:206,2864,989
India7711:994,89742,071
Bangladesh6311:252,5467,887
England171:3,277,533109,658
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
France11:66,422,722504,397
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Iqball (305) may also be a first name.

Iqball Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

It is an Arabic surname, meaning 'good fortune' and 'prosperity', but also the Punjabi meaning of 'power', 'force' and 'one who is strong'. It can also be spelled as Eqbal, Ikbal, or Eghbal.

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Iqball Last Name Facts

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

The surname Iqball (Hindi: इकबाल) occurs in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Iqball? popularity and diffusion

It is the 183,449th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 3,147,968 people. The surname Iqball occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Iqball live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 97 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 504,078th most widespread first name worldwide, held by 305 people.

The surname is most widely held in Pakistan, where it is held by 866 people, or 1 in 206,286. In Pakistan Iqball is mostly found in: Punjab, where 82 percent live, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, where 9 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 6 percent live. Besides Pakistan this surname exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in India, where 33 percent live and Bangladesh, where 27 percent live.

Iqball Last Name Statistics demography

Iqball earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 15.24% less than the national average, earning $36,575 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Iquball928/
Iqbal912,555,321/
Iqubal835,005/
Iqbaal83946/
Aiqbal83128/
Iqhbal83122/
Iqbail8350/
Ioqbal8345/
Ikqbal8343/
Iqqbal8318/
Ihqbal8316/
Ikball8316/
Jiqbal838/
Iqbasl838/
Iqbgal835/
Hiqbal835/
Iqbhal834/
Iqkbal834/
Oiqbal833/
Uiqbal832/
Iqbale832/
Iqbaul832/
Iqbald832/
Iqbalh832/
Iqbalt831/
Eqball831/
Eiqbal831/
Jqball831/
Igqbal831/
Iqcbal831/
Izqbal831/
Iqbeal831/
Iqubaal774/
Iqbaail772/
Iquhbal771/
Iqqqbal771/
Iqbalpp771/
Icqubal771/
Ikbal7339,633/
Eqbal734,691/
Icbal7370/
Iqval7333/
Jqbal7319/
Uqbal736/
Iqbol735/
Iqbalová713/
Equbal671,537/
Ikhbal67608/
Ikbaal6766/
Aikbal6735/
Hikbal6733/
Ickbal6725/
Ikbalh6724/
Ekball6714/
Eqbaal6710/
Iqbool679/
Ikkbal677/
Eikbal676/
Iekbal676/
Ihkbal674/
Ikbale674/
Ikbhal673/
Iquval672/
Hicbal672/
Eqbhal671/
Icbale671/
Ikbail671/
Ikbaul671/
Eqkbal671/
Yikbal671/

Iqball Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Iqball in the Hindi language
इकबालikabala83.33
इक़बालiqabala16.67

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