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 last name Roq is found in Pakistan more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Roq? popularity and diffusion

Roq is the 2,237,939th most frequently occurring surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. The last name Roq is predominantly found 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 used given name throughout the world, borne by 103 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Pakistan, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 5,254,232. In Pakistan Roq is mostly concentrated in: Punjab, where 82 percent live, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 12 percent live and Sindh, where 6 percent live. Apart from Pakistan this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 28 percent live and Thailand, where 11 percent live.

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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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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