Tariq Surname
Approximately 434,716 people bear this surname
Tariq Surname User-submission:
The surname Tariq (Tarik) means 'morning star' or 'one who knocks at the door in the early morning' in Arabic.
Tariq Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 352,885 | 1:506 | 79 |
| Egypt | 31,606 | 1:2,909 | 410 |
| Saudi Arabia | 10,136 | 1:3,044 | 395 |
| India | 6,794 | 1:112,903 | 7,350 |
| Bangladesh | 5,677 | 1:28,071 | 1,844 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4,156 | 1:2,205 | 279 |
| Nigeria | 3,800 | 1:46,617 | 3,620 |
| Morocco | 3,408 | 1:10,116 | 1,420 |
| England | 3,322 | 1:16,772 | 2,430 |
| Sudan | 2,520 | 1:14,885 | 2,042 |
| Afghanistan | 1,703 | 1:18,880 | 1,000 |
| United States | 1,466 | 1:247,243 | 23,557 |
| Kuwait | 1,292 | 1:2,942 | 383 |
| Oman | 850 | 1:4,339 | 622 |
| Canada | 750 | 1:49,127 | 5,968 |
| Iraq | 665 | 1:52,664 | 2,046 |
| Bahrain | 588 | 1:2,294 | 348 |
| Iran | 523 | 1:146,812 | 12,960 |
| Qatar | 515 | 1:4,579 | 474 |
| Spain | 445 | 1:105,061 | 8,455 |
| Scotland | 219 | 1:24,447 | 2,695 |
| Germany | 124 | 1:649,238 | 50,829 |
| Australia | 112 | 1:241,033 | 22,440 |
| Malaysia | 98 | 1:300,961 | 16,456 |
| Norway | 92 | 1:55,894 | 8,011 |
| Hong Kong | 84 | 1:87,327 | 1,583 |
| Denmark | 75 | 1:75,263 | 7,389 |
| Greece | 68 | 1:162,938 | 26,592 |
| Netherlands | 64 | 1:263,862 | 33,208 |
| Wales | 61 | 1:50,730 | 4,716 |
| Sweden | 55 | 1:179,032 | 12,357 |
| South Africa | 54 | 1:1,003,291 | 61,925 |
| Thailand | 54 | 1:1,308,118 | 185,513 |
| France | 42 | 1:1,581,493 | 147,826 |
| Belgium | 36 | 1:319,351 | 36,407 |
| Singapore | 34 | 1:161,991 | 6,884 |
| Indonesia | 28 | 1:4,723,186 | 228,527 |
| Switzerland | 26 | 1:315,881 | 24,844 |
| Ireland | 26 | 1:181,113 | 7,791 |
| Estonia | 23 | 1:57,470 | 10,794 |
| Italy | 21 | 1:2,912,223 | 98,106 |
| China | 21 | 1:65,110,551 | 3,537 |
| Philippines | 16 | 1:6,327,389 | 184,366 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| Hungary | 9 | 1:1,090,697 | 49,203 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| Madagascar | 9 | 1:2,627,760 | 3,802 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Northern Ireland | 7 | 1:263,577 | 11,625 |
| Lebanon | 7 | 1:805,298 | 15,541 |
| Syria | 6 | 1:3,216,837 | 11,326 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Ecuador | 4 | 1:3,976,462 | 28,589 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 1:340,994 | 12,383 |
| Cambodia | 4 | 1:3,871,786 | 9,580 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 1:294,959 | 8,690 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
Tariq (728,743) may also be a first name.
Tariq Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The surname Tariq (Tarik) means 'morning star' or 'one who knocks at the door in the early morning' in Arabic.
- syedhumaid109Tariq Demographics
Tariq Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Tariq Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tariq Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tariq (Arabic: الطارق, Hindi: तारिक, Marathi: तारी, Oriya: ତାରିକ୍) is found most frequently in Pakistan. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tariq? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,222nd most commonly used family name globally, held by around 1 in 16,764 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 89 percent of Tariq live; 85 percent live in South Asia and 84 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,308th most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 728,743 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Pakistan, where it is carried by 352,885 people, or 1 in 506. In Pakistan Tariq is most frequent in: Punjab, where 63 percent reside, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 15 percent reside and Sindh, where 13 percent reside. Barring Pakistan this surname is found in 91 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 7 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 2 percent reside.
Tariq Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Tariq last name is chiefly Maronite (60%) in Lebanon and Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Tariq last name are 6.43% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.2% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Tariq earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 17.21% more than the national average, earning 405,650 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 24.59% less than the national average, earning R 179,208 per year; in United States they earn 17.38% more than the national average, earning $50,647 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.91% less than the national average, earning $47,738 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tariq Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tariq in the Marathi language | ||
| तारी | tari | 76.79 |
| तारीक | tarika | 21.19 |
| हरी | hari | 0.58 |
| तरीक | tarika | 0.09 |
| सारी | sari | 0.07 |
| तारीक़ | tariqa | 0.05 |
| तारीकु | tariku | 0.02 |
| बारी | bari | 0.02 |
| तरे | tare | 0.02 |
| Tariq in the Hindi language | ||
| तारिक | tarika | 69.97 |
| तारिक़ | tariqa | 18.75 |
| तारिक़ | tariqa | 4.77 |
| तारीक | tarika | 3.47 |
| तारीक़ | tariqa | 0.43 |
| तरिक़ | tariqa | 0.35 |
| तरिक | tarika | 0.26 |
| तरीक़ | tariqa | 0.26 |
| तारीक़ | tariqa | 0.26 |
| तारिग | tariga | 0.09 |
| तरीक | tarika | 0.09 |
| तारिक़़ | tariqa | 0.09 |
| तरिक़ | tariqa | 0.09 |
| Tariq in the Oriya language | ||
| ତାରିକ୍ | tarik | 45.45 |
| ତାରିକ | tarika | 36.36 |
| ତରିଖ | tarikha | 9.09 |
| ତରିକ | tarika | 9.09 |
| Tariq in the Arabic language | ||
| الطارق | altarq | - |
| طارق | tarq | - |
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