Qad Surname

327,420th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,134 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Qad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Qad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran5711:134,47012,199
Pakistan3591:497,6158,614
Afghanistan1381:232,9944,086
India131:59,005,029552,550
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Yemen41:6,606,32425,896
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Azerbaijan31:3,216,37432,290
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Qad (1,033) may also be a first name.

Qad Last Name Facts

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

The surname Qad (Arabic: عقّاد) is carried by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Qad? popularity and diffusion

Qad is the 327,420th most frequently used surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 6,426,407 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Qad live; 95 percent live in South Asia and 94 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Qad is also the 249,584th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 1,033 people.

Qad is most prevalent in Iran, where it is borne by 571 people, or 1 in 134,470. In Iran Qad is most numerous in: Tehran Province, where 30 percent reside, Markazi Province, where 23 percent reside and Lorestan Province, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Iran this surname exists in 28 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 32 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 12 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Qaid8694,241/
Qaad8661/
Quad8643/
Qadh8622/
Qayd8618/
Qaud8610/
Qasd868/
Qhad865/
Qads863/
Qahd863/
Qatd863/
Qadz862/
Qead862/
Qadd862/
Qajd861/
Qa801,555/
Quaid752,423/
Quadt751,310/
Quhad75245/
Qaasd7533/
Qahad7510/
Quadd756/
Qaisd752/
Qadds752/
Qaadh752/
Qaidh752/
Quead751/
Qashd751/
Qadsh751/
Quadz751/
Quads751/
Qaaid751/
Qaadt750/
Quayd750/
Quaad750/
Kad6723,399/
Qua675,171/
Cad671,673/
Qas671,103/
Qat67860/
Qaz67665/
Qai67319/
Qaa67162/
Qod67162/
Qay6787/
Qaj6775/
Qea6763/
Qah6737/
Qap6721/
Qau6720/
Quaadt6715/
Gqa676/
Hqa675/
Qha674/
Qca674/
Qka674/
Cqa673/
Kqa672/
Qga672/
Qqa672/

Qad Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Qad in the Arabic language
عقّادqad-
عقدqd-
قدqd-
عقادqad-

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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 Qad
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