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) occurs more in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tarq? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 190,765th most widely held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 3,296,041 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 87 percent of Tarq reside; 86 percent reside in South Asia and 86 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Tarq is also the 111,147th most widely held first name in the world, held by 3,959 people.

The last name Tarq is most frequently occurring in Pakistan, where it is borne by 1,900 people, or 1 in 94,023. In Pakistan Tarq is primarily found in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 49 percent live, Punjab, where 30 percent live and Sindh, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Pakistan it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 12 percent live and Iraq, where 1 percent live.

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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