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    The surname Farooqui

    An Arabic surname, carried by 1,007 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex F620

    Farooqui: #24,747 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Farooqui #24,747, 1,007 people Farooqui: #24,747 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Farooqui #24,747, 1,007 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Farooqui is more common than 84.7% of them.

    Origin

    Arabic origin

    Variant of Farooq.

    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 1,007 people named Farooqui in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 306,599 Americans. That is up 95% since 2000, when the Census counted 517.

    #24,747
    rank among US surnames
    1,007
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +94.8%
    change since 2000 (was #39,946)

    Who is named Farooqui

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

    91% of people named Farooqui identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 4.1% as two or more races and 3.7% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 91%
    • Two or more races 4.1%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Hispanic are not shown.

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Farooqui

    Farooqui 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 Farooqui come from?
    Variant of Farooq.
    How common is the surname Farooqui?
    1,007 people in the United States had the surname Farooqui in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 306,599 Americans. It ranked 24,747th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Farooqui?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Farooqui identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.1% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Farooqui getting more or less common?
    More common. 517 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,007 in 2010, up 95%.