Marqas Surname
Approximately 540 people bear this surname
Marqas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 305 | 1:301,429 | 19,796 |
| Pakistan | 219 | 1:815,726 | 11,512 |
| Lebanon | 7 | 1:805,298 | 15,541 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Marqas (498) may also be a first name.
Marqas Demographics
Marqas Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Marqas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Marqas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Marqas (Arabic: مُرقص) is found most in Egypt. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Marqas? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 581,222nd most frequently held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 13,495,455 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 56 percent of Marqas are found; 56 percent are found in North Africa and 56 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Marqas is also the 380,144th most widespread first name worldwide It is held by 498 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Egypt, where it is held by 305 people, or 1 in 301,429. Outside of Egypt it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 41 percent reside and Lebanon, where 1 percent reside.
Marqas Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Maronite (100%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Marqas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Marqas in the Arabic language | ||
| مُرقص | murqs | - |
| مرقص | mrqs | - |
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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 Marqas
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