Iqwal Surname

1,403,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Iqwal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Iqwal Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1351:5,681,966136,010
Indonesia181:7,347,177303,310
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Iqwal (479) may also be a first name.

Iqwal Last Name Facts

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

The surname Iqwal (Hindi: इकबाल) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Iqwal? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,403,590th most commonly held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 47,016,425 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Iqwal are found; 87 percent are found in South Asia and 66 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 388,635th most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 479 people.

The surname Iqwal is most frequently used in India, where it is carried by 135 people, or 1 in 5,681,966. In India Iqwal is primarily found in: Bihar, where 53 percent reside, Jammu and Kashmir, where 24 percent reside and Uttar Pradesh, where 16 percent reside. Barring India this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 12 percent reside and Germany, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Iquwal915/
Iqwaal913/
Ikqwal911/
Ikwal80551/
Eqwal8048/
Iqual8023/
Igwal805/
Uqwal801/
Ikhwal73163/
Jigwal7315/
Aikwal739/
Iqgbal733/
Ikwale733/
Ikwaal733/
Eqkwal731/
Iquail731/
Igwale731/
Higwall677/
Eiquale671/
Jikwale671/
Ikwalle671/
Ikhwale671/
Gaiqual671/
Hingwal671/
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Iqwal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Iqwal in the Hindi language
इकबालikabala55
इकवालikavala43.33

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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 Iqwal
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