Niqab Surname
Approximately 513 people bear this surname
Niqab Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 366 | 1:251,191 | 17,305 |
| Pakistan | 125 | 1:1,429,151 | 15,867 |
| Afghanistan | 21 | 1:1,531,104 | 12,360 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Niqab (538) may also be a first name.
Niqab Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Niqab Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Niqab is most common in Egypt. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Niqab? popularity and diffusion
It is the 604,614th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 14,205,743 people. The surname Niqab is predominantly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Niqab live; 71 percent live in North Africa and 71 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Niqab is also the 363,474th most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 538 people.
It is most commonly held in Egypt, where it is carried by 366 people, or 1 in 251,191. Other than Egypt this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 24 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Niqab
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