Farooqi Surname
Approximately 44,432 people bear this surname
Farooqi Surname User-submission:
The surname is descendent from second Islamic caliph Omar Farooq (d.644). The family name is widely known as Al-Omari in Arabic countries, and as Farooqi in Indian subcontinent where second highest proportion live after Middle east. Omar's great grand son Al-adham travelled to Afghanistan as priest, and this tribe then moved to modern day Pakistan and India.
Read More About This SurnameFarooqi Surname Distribution Map
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
Pakistan | 31,681 | 1:5,639 | 513 |
Saudi Arabia | 4,015 | 1:7,685 | 1,079 |
Iran | 2,417 | 1:31,768 | 3,816 |
India | 2,262 | 1:339,109 | 18,648 |
United States | 1,101 | 1:329,209 | 29,862 |
United Arab Emirates | 1,007 | 1:9,099 | 1,134 |
England | 473 | 1:117,797 | 11,992 |
Canada | 393 | 1:93,755 | 10,242 |
Qatar | 243 | 1:9,704 | 1,068 |
Kuwait | 202 | 1:18,815 | 2,493 |
Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
Afghanistan | 114 | 1:282,045 | 4,567 |
Hong Kong | 84 | 1:87,327 | 1,583 |
Indonesia | 36 | 1:3,673,589 | 193,360 |
Australia | 33 | 1:818,052 | 51,601 |
Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
France | 18 | 1:3,690,151 | 224,666 |
Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
Denmark | 16 | 1:352,795 | 24,706 |
South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
Netherlands | 16 | 1:1,055,448 | 66,951 |
Norway | 15 | 1:342,819 | 32,589 |
Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
Sweden | 13 | 1:757,443 | 56,422 |
Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
Oman | 12 | 1:307,331 | 4,704 |
Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
Scotland | 11 | 1:486,711 | 19,179 |
Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
New Zealand | 6 | 1:754,720 | 41,661 |
China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
Farooqi (676) may also be a first name.
Farooqi Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The surname is descendent from second Islamic caliph Omar Farooq (d.644). The family name is widely known as Al-Omari in Arabic countries, and as Farooqi in Indian subcontinent where second highest proportion live after Middle east. Omar's great grand son Al-adham travelled to Afghanistan as priest, and this tribe then moved to modern day Pakistan and India.
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Average Farooqi Salary in
United States
$54,778 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Farooqi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Farooqi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Farooqi (Hindi: फारूकी) occurs most in Pakistan. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Farooqi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 12,634th most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 164,016 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Farooqi reside; 82 percent reside in South Asia and 77 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 318,733rd most frequent first name in the world It is held by 676 people.
The last name Farooqi is most frequently occurring in Pakistan, where it is borne by 31,681 people, or 1 in 5,639. In Pakistan Farooqi is most frequent in: Sindh, where 45 percent live, Punjab, where 37 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 8 percent live. Besides Pakistan it is found in 51 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 9 percent live and Iran, where 5 percent live.
Farooqi Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Farooqi last name are 12.08% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.85% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Farooqi earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 16.89% less than the national average, earning 287,628 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 16.14% less than the national average, earning R 199,272 per year; in United States they earn 26.95% more than the national average, earning $54,778 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.59% less than the national average, earning $47,404 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Farooqi Name Transliterations
Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
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Farooqi in the Hindi language | ||
फारूकी | pharuki | 57.85 |
फारुकी | pharuki | 13.22 |
फारूक़ी | pharuqi | 13.22 |
फारूक़ी | pharuqi | 10.74 |
फरूक़ी | pharuqi | 2.48 |
फ़ारूक़ी | faruqi | 0.83 |
फ़रूक़ी | faruqi | 0.83 |
फारुक़ी | pharuqi | 0.83 |
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