How common is the surname Farooq?

1,770 people in the United States had the surname Farooq in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,433 Americans. It ranked 16,295th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Farooq getting more or less common?

More common. 964 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,770 in 2010, up 84%.

The surname Farooq

An Arabic surname, carried by 1,770 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Farooq is more common than 90% of them.

Origin

Arabic origin

Borrowed from Arabic فَارُوق (fārūq, “distinguisher (between truth and falsehood)”), from the root ف ر ق (f r q, root). This surname is predominantly found in Pakistan.

One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,770 people named Farooq in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 174,433 Americans. That is up 84% since 2000, when the Census counted 964.

#16,295

rank among US surnames

1,770

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+83.6%

change since 2000 (was #24,350)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,295	Swayne	1,770	174,433
#16,302	Merten	1,769	174,531

Who is named Farooq

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

86% of people named Farooq identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 4.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.2% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 86%
White (not Hispanic) 4.5%
Two or more races 4.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Farooqi
Farooqui

Surnames that sound like Farooq

Farooq has the Soundex code F620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F620.

Other Arabic surnames

All 179 Arabic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Farooq come from?: Borrowed from Arabic فَارُوق (fārūq, “distinguisher (between truth and falsehood)”), from the root ف ر ق (f r q, root). This surname is predominantly found in Pakistan.
How common is the surname Farooq?: 1,770 people in the United States had the surname Farooq in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,433 Americans. It ranked 16,295th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Farooq?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Farooq identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.5% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Farooq getting more or less common?: More common. 964 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,770 in 2010, up 84%.
What are other spellings of Farooq?: Farooqi and Farooqui.