Roq Surname

2,237,939th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 72 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Roq Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Roq Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan341:5,254,23233,450
Taiwan201:1,172,2378,044
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Roq (103) may also be a first name.

Roq Last Name Facts

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

The surname Roq is borne by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Roq click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Roq? popularity and diffusion

The surname Roq is the 2,237,939th most widely held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of Roq are found; 49 percent are found in South Asia and 49 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 930,172nd most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 103 people.

Roq is most frequently used in Pakistan, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 5,254,232. In Pakistan Roq is most numerous in: Punjab, where 82 percent reside, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 12 percent reside and Sindh, where 6 percent reside. Besides Pakistan it is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 28 percent reside and Thailand, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rocq86414/
Rouq86174/
Roiq8647/
Roqu8637/
Rosq8618/
Royq8618/
Roqe8615/
Rooq8613/
Roqh862/
Rroq861/
Rojq861/
Roque75351,988/
Roqut755/
Rouqe753/
Rossq752/
Routq751/
Rocqe751/
Rroqg751/
Roquq751/
Roquc751/
Rozsq751/
Ruoqu751/
Roqcq751/
Roydq751/
Rog673,482/
Rox673,407/
Rok672,891/
Roc671,762/
Rocque671,557/
Rosque67276/
Raq6793/
Rouque6723/
Roqova6715/
Roqque678/
Rroque673/
Rhoque671/
Rodquz671/
Rodque671/

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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 Roq
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