Qarah Surname
Approximately 2,130 people bear this surname
Qarah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 1,518 | 1:21,181 | 1,069 |
| Yemen | 322 | 1:82,066 | 5,417 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Lebanon | 47 | 1:119,938 | 6,562 |
| Iran | 31 | 1:2,476,856 | 81,358 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Qarah (146) may also be a first name.
Qarah Demographics
Qarah Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Qarah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Qarah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Qarah (Arabic: قراه, Hindi: कराह) occurs more in Afghanistan more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Qarah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 196,716th most numerous last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 3,421,383 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Qarah are found; 73 percent are found in South Asia and 73 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 763,528th most frequent first name on earth, held by 146 people.
The last name Qarah is most commonly used in Afghanistan, where it is held by 1,518 people, or 1 in 21,181. In Afghanistan Qarah is primarily concentrated in: Faryab, where 31 percent reside, Takhar, where 29 percent reside and Badakhshan, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Afghanistan this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Yemen, where 15 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 9 percent reside.
Qarah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Maronite (94%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Qarah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Qarah in the Hindi language | ||
| कराह | karaha | - |
| Qarah in the Arabic language | ||
| قراه | qrah | - |
| عقاره | qarh | - |
| قرعه | qrh | - |
| قاره | qarh | - |
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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 Qarah
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