Quareshi Surname
Approximately 347 people bear this surname
Quareshi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 175 | 1:4,383,231 | 115,212 |
| Pakistan | 166 | 1:1,076,168 | 13,551 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Quareshi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Quareshi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Quareshi (Marathi: कुरेशी) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Quareshi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 806,178th most prevalent surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 21,001,573 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Quareshi are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 49 percent are found in Islamic South Asia.
This last name is most commonly occurring in India, where it is held by 175 people, or 1 in 4,383,231. In India it is most common in: Telangana, where 38 percent live, Maharashtra, where 33 percent live and Delhi, where 9 percent live. Barring India this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 48 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Quareshi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Quareshi in the Marathi language | ||
| कुरेशी | kuresi | 78.79 |
| क़ुरेिश | qureisa | 9.09 |
| खुरेशी | khuresi | 6.06 |
| कूरेशी | kuresi | 3.03 |
| क़ुरेशी | quresi | 3.03 |
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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 Quareshi
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