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 has its highest incidence in Pakistan. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Waqs click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waqs? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,994,173rd most frequently occurring family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 82,813,022 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Waqs are found; 53 percent are found in South Asia and 53 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Waqs is also the 730,165th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 158 people.
It is most frequently held in Pakistan, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 3,800,934. In Pakistan it is mostly concentrated in: Punjab, where 64 percent reside, Sindh, where 32 percent reside and Balochistan, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Pakistan this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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