Raq Surname

1,931,261st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 93 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Raq Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Raq Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan401:803,8308,369
Pakistan281:6,380,13937,476
Taiwan71:3,349,24920,155
United States71:51,779,848968,877
India51:153,413,076951,030
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Raq (108) may also be a first name.

Raq Last Name Facts

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

The surname Raq (Arabic: رق) occurs in Afghanistan more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Raq? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,931,261st most commonly held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 90 percent of Raq are found; 80 percent are found in South Asia and 75 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 904,892nd most frequently occurring given name at a global level. It is borne by 108 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 40 people, or 1 in 803,830. In Afghanistan Raq is most frequent in: Helmand, where 68 percent are found, Kapisa, where 25 percent are found and Faryab, where 3 percent are found. Barring Afghanistan it occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 30 percent are found and Taiwan, where 8 percent are found.

Raq Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Raq last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% registered with the political party.

Raq earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 36.39% more than the national average, earning $58,850 USD per year.

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Raq Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Raq in the Arabic language
رقrq-

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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 Raq
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