Tarek Surname
Approximately 244,004 people bear this surname
Tarek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 183,808 | 1:500 | 62 |
| Bangladesh | 28,838 | 1:5,526 | 509 |
| Iraq | 15,950 | 1:2,196 | 275 |
| Libya | 4,683 | 1:1,333 | 372 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4,293 | 1:7,187 | 1,000 |
| Morocco | 1,636 | 1:21,073 | 3,270 |
| Algeria | 1,557 | 1:24,812 | 4,512 |
| Syria | 1,234 | 1:15,641 | 1,231 |
| Indonesia | 398 | 1:332,284 | 29,017 |
| United Arab Emirates | 287 | 1:31,924 | 3,447 |
| Kuwait | 280 | 1:13,574 | 1,857 |
| Iran | 186 | 1:412,809 | 26,234 |
| United States | 121 | 1:2,995,528 | 175,060 |
| Tunisia | 120 | 1:5,089 | 814 |
| Canada | 60 | 1:614,093 | 50,489 |
| England | 53 | 1:1,051,284 | 51,324 |
| France | 51 | 1:1,302,406 | 132,002 |
| Lebanon | 41 | 1:137,490 | 7,040 |
| Qatar | 41 | 1:57,512 | 5,907 |
| India | 35 | 1:21,916,154 | 310,282 |
| Malaysia | 30 | 1:983,141 | 44,226 |
| Slovakia | 26 | 1:205,248 | 33,808 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Germany | 24 | 1:3,354,394 | 150,996 |
| Russia | 24 | 1:6,005,127 | 248,576 |
| Palestine | 16 | 1:284,303 | 10,570 |
| Switzerland | 15 | 1:547,528 | 38,365 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Yemen | 12 | 1:2,202,108 | 13,606 |
| Pakistan | 10 | 1:17,864,388 | 68,137 |
| Ukraine | 10 | 1:4,552,270 | 216,874 |
| Venezuela | 10 | 1:3,020,408 | 31,795 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Greece | 6 | 1:1,846,632 | 89,049 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Austria | 5 | 1:1,703,087 | 89,702 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Oman | 3 | 1:1,229,324 | 8,987 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
The alternate forms: Tarék (1) are calculated separately.
Tarek (668,148) may also be a first name.
Tarek Demographics
Tarek Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Tarek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tarek Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tarek (Bengali: তারেক, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻃﺎﺭﻕ, Hindi: तारिक, Marathi: तारेक, Oriya: ତାେରକ, Russian: Тарек) occurs more in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Tarék. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tarek? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,247th most commonly used family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 29,867 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Tarek reside; 79 percent reside in North Africa and 77 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. Tarek is also the 1,462nd most widely held given name at a global level, borne by 668,148 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is carried by 183,808 people, or 1 in 500. Besides Egypt it occurs in 78 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 12 percent reside and Iraq, where 7 percent reside.
Tarek Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Greek Orthodox (90%) in Lebanon.
In The United States Tarek are 6.03% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 59.26% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Tarek earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 2.89% less than the national average, earning $41,904 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.47% more than the national average, earning $52,402 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tarek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tarek in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻃﺎﺭﻕ | tarq | - |
| Tarek in the Bengali language | ||
| তারেক | tareka | - |
| Tarek in the Marathi language | ||
| तारेक | tareka | 91.67 |
| तरेक | tareka | 0.93 |
| Tarek in the Hindi language | ||
| तारिक | tarika | 66.67 |
| तारेक | tareka | 33.33 |
| Tarek in the Oriya language | ||
| ତାେରକ | taeraka | 66.67 |
| ତାେରକ୍ | taerak | 25 |
| ତାରକ | taraka | 8.33 |
| Tarek in the Russian language | ||
| Тарек | tarek | - |
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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 Tarek
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