Qarqash Surname

292,126th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,309 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jordan
Highest density in:
Palestine

Qarqash Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Qarqash Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jordan5391:16,4052,622
Palestine3001:15,1632,668
Saudi Arabia2781:110,99214,774
Lebanon1001:56,3714,436
Kuwait581:65,5297,566
Tunisia91:67,8478,246
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
China21:683,660,78330,601
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Qarqas924/
Qarqah923/
Qarqach86204/
Qarqesh862/
Qarkash861/
Qarqa832/
Qarqoush8061/
Qarqeesh8023/
Qarqaz771,082/
Qarqaa7777/
Qarqat7732/
Karkash71263/
Qorqach719/
Kharkash672,036/
Carcashe672/
Quercash672/
Qarqouch671/
Qarqo671/

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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 Qarqash
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