Waqt Surname
Approximately 316 people bear this surname
Waqt Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 305 | 1:301,429 | 19,796 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Waqt (497) may also be a first name.
Waqt Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waqt Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waqt (Arabic: وقت, Hindi: वक्त) is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Waqt? popularity and diffusion
The surname Waqt is the 860,770th most commonly used family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 23,061,854 people. The surname Waqt is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Waqt live; 97 percent live in North Africa and 97 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Waqt is also the 380,582nd most common first name internationally, borne by 497 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Egypt, where it is carried by 305 people, or 1 in 301,429. Aside from Egypt Waqt exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 1 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Waqt Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Waqt in the Hindi language | ||
| वक्त | vakta | - |
| Waqt in the Arabic language | ||
| وقت | wqt | - |
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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 Waqt
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