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
Marqas (Arabic: مُرقص) occurs in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Marqas? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 581,222nd most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 13,495,455 people. The surname Marqas is primarily found in Africa, where 56 percent of Marqas reside; 56 percent reside in North Africa and 56 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 380,144th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 498 people.
The last name is most common in Egypt, where it is borne by 305 people, or 1 in 301,429. Not including Egypt Marqas exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 41 percent are found and Lebanon, where 1 percent are found.
Marqas Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Marqas surname is primarily 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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