Qarqash Surname
Approximately 1,309 people bear this surname
Qarqash Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan | 539 | 1:16,405 | 2,622 |
| Palestine | 300 | 1:15,163 | 2,668 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Lebanon | 100 | 1:56,371 | 4,436 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Qarqash Demographics
Qarqash Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Qarqash Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Qarqash Come From? nationality or country of origin
Qarqash is more frequently found in Jordan than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Qarqash? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 292,126th most prevalent surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 5,567,262 people. The surname Qarqash occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Qarqash live; 98 percent live in West Asia and 72 percent live in Levant.
The last name is most frequently used in Jordan, where it is carried by 539 people, or 1 in 16,405. In Jordan it is primarily found in: Amman Governorate, where 73 percent reside, Balqa Governorate, where 12 percent reside and Zarqa Governorate, where 7 percent reside. Besides Jordan it is found in 15 countries. It is also found in Palestine, where 23 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 21 percent reside.
Qarqash Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Qarqash surname is principally Melkite Greek Catholic (97%) in Lebanon.
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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
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