Waqs Surname
Approximately 88 people bear this surname
Waqs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 47 | 1:3,800,934 | 27,883 |
| Yemen | 36 | 1:734,036 | 11,140 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Waqs (158) may also be a first name.
Waqs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waqs Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waqs is most common in Pakistan. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waqs? popularity and diffusion
Waqs is the 1,994,173rd most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Waqs reside; 53 percent reside in South Asia and 53 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 730,165th most commonly held given name world-wide, held by 158 people.
Waqs is most widely held in Pakistan, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 3,800,934. In Pakistan Waqs is most prevalent in: Punjab, where 64 percent reside, Sindh, where 32 percent reside and Balochistan, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Pakistan it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Yemen, where 41 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waqus | 89 | 4 | / |
| Waqss | 89 | 1 | / |
| Waqzs | 89 | 1 | / |
| Waqsd | 89 | 1 | / |
| Weaqs | 89 | 1 | / |
| Waqust | 80 | 0 | / |
| Waks | 75 | 1,704 | / |
| Baqs | 75 | 100 | / |
| Wacs | 75 | 16 | / |
| Wags | 75 | 12 | / |
| Waqz | 75 | 3 | / |
| Waqx | 75 | 2 | / |
| Woqs | 75 | 1 | / |
| Waxs | 75 | 1 | / |
| Waiques | 73 | 7 | / |
| Wachs | 67 | 4,345 | / |
| Weaks | 67 | 1,474 | / |
| Wacks | 67 | 541 | / |
| Waksh | 67 | 129 | / |
| Baqsh | 67 | 57 | / |
| Waxse | 67 | 34 | / |
| Wakse | 67 | 21 | / |
| Waaks | 67 | 18 | / |
| Waiks | 67 | 10 | / |
| Wajcs | 67 | 8 | / |
| Waggs | 67 | 5 | / |
| Waics | 67 | 3 | / |
| Watcs | 67 | 3 | / |
| Baqus | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bakqs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wagst | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wauks | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vaqks | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wacsh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waeks | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wasks | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Waqs
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