Tarq Surname

190,765th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,211 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Tarq Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tarq Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan1,9001:94,0233,085
Egypt2751:334,31221,412
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
Sudan91:4,167,7995,799
India51:153,413,076951,030
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tarq (3,959) may also be a first name.

Tarq Last Name Facts

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

Tarq (Arabic: طرق) is held by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Tarq click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tarq? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 190,765th most common last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 3,296,041 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 87 percent of Tarq live; 86 percent live in South Asia and 86 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Tarq is also the 111,147th most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 3,959 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Pakistan, where it is borne by 1,900 people, or 1 in 94,023. In Pakistan it is mostly concentrated in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 49 percent reside, Punjab, where 30 percent reside and Sindh, where 10 percent reside. Beside Pakistan Tarq exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 12 percent reside and Iraq, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tairq89142/
Tarqu892/
Tarrq891/
Tarqq891/
Tahrq891/
Tarhq891/
Tarque80417/
Tairqe802/
Tahrhq801/
Tark756,534/
Torq75311/
Targ75176/
Tarc7583/
Tarx751/
Tairque733/
Tarrque731/
Tarke671,606/
Tarkh67271/
Torcq67124/
Targh6729/
Thark6714/
Taerk6712/
Tercq676/
Tarkk671/
Tahrk671/
Teark671/
Taurk671/
Targp671/
Tairk671/
Tearc671/
Tarck671/
Tarrk670/

Tarq Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tarq in the Arabic language
طرقtrq-

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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 Tarq
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