Maqs Surname

746,827th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 385 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Yemen

Maqs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maqs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Yemen2311:114,3956,482
Pakistan1411:1,266,97814,818
Oman121:307,3314,704
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813

Maqs (34) may also be a first name.

Maqs Last Name Facts

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

The last name Maqs (Georgian: მაქს) is most common in Yemen. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Maqs click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Maqs? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 746,827th most common surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 18,928,691 people. Maqs occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Maqs live; 63 percent live in West Asia and 63 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. Maqs is also the 1,775,424th most numerous first name on earth, held by 34 people.

This surname is most widely held in Yemen, where it is borne by 231 people, or 1 in 114,395. In Yemen Maqs is mostly found in: Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 90 percent reside, Sana'a Governorate, where 8 percent reside and Abyan Governorate, where 0 percent reside. Not including Yemen this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 37 percent reside and Oman, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maqsd8983/
Maqks892/
Maqus890/
Maq86593/
Maqssd801/
Maqsht801/
Maks752,219/
Macq75521/
Mags75367/
Maqu7587/
Maqe7565/
Maiq7535/
Maxs7535/
Mahq7518/
Masq7512/
Moqs7512/
Meaq7510/
Majq754/
Makq752/
Maaq752/
Mhaq752/
Masx752/
Mgaq751/
Masg751/
Matq751/
Madq751/
Maiques73923/
Mayques734/
Meaques730/
Maggs676,190/
Maque673,774/
MacKs67872/
Maszk67302/
Makse67108/
Maaks67100/
Maucq6798/
Maask6794/
Mauks6789/
Maksh6765/
Maags6755/
Makss6741/
Mashq6740/
Maiks6732/
Maxse6728/
Machs6720/
Maeks6718/
Meaks6715/
Mhask6713/
Mashg679/
Magse678/
Mhaqe676/
Maaqu675/
Magsh675/
Maxsø674/
Magqu674/
Magss674/
Magst673/
Makks673/
Maqut673/
Magqe673/
Maigs672/
Matks672/
Measc672/
Mahqg672/
Mahaq672/
Mac's672/
Maksz672/
Macse672/
Meaqe672/
Macss671/
Moqus671/
Maquz671/
Maxxs671/
Mazks671/
Mashc671/
Maics671/
Maitq671/
Maatq671/
Maisg671/
Meask671/
Mahcs671/
Maqqe671/
Maegs670/
MacSh670/
Mausk670/
Mauxs670/
Massk670/

Maqs Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Maqs in the Georgian language
მაქსmaks-

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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 Maqs
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