Faruq
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Que distingue la verdad de la falsedad
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/fɑɹuk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Faruq is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country, where it is the 31st most common surname.
- NGNigeria≈1 in 18K(inferred from the name graph)
- PKPakistan≈1 in 515as Farooq
- BDBangladesh≈1 in 3.5Kas Faruque
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Faruq itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 281 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 18K (inferred from the name graph)
≈450,000 named Farooq, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Nigeria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Farooq in PK Pakistan, US United States, ID Indonesia, Farook in SA Saudi Arabia, KW Kuwait, AE United Arab Emirates and Faruk in BD Bangladesh.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Que distingue la verdad de la falsedad
Sources 1
- 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Faruq counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | #31 | ≈450,000 est. | ≈1 in 515 | 24 | Farooq | 158 |
| BD Bangladesh | #152 | ≈47,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.5K | listed | Faruk | 105 |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 18K | listed | Faruq | 60 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | — | ≈9,400 est. | ≈1 in 3.6K | listed | Farook | 25 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈7,700 est. | ≈1 in 35K | — | Farooq | 24 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | — | ≈5,700 est. | ≈1 in 1.8K | — | Farook | 54 |
| US United States | — | 1,770as Farooq | 1 in 188K | 2.9K | Farooq | 281 |
| KW Kuwait | — | ≈460 est. | ≈1 in 6.5K | — | Farook | 18 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) — Form-33 List of Contesting Candidates, 2018 General Election; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Faruq is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
one who distinguishes
as a nameMuslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Farouk I of Egyptb. 1920EGnot in their usual nameKing of Egypt 1936 to 1952
- Farouk Kaddoumib. 1931PSnot in their usual namePalestinian politician (1931-2024)
- Farouk al-Sharaab. 1938SYnot in their usual nameSyrian politician and diplomat (born 1938)
- Farouk El-Bazb. 1938EGnot in their usual nameEgyptian scientist
- Farouk Hosnyb. 1938EGnot in their usual nameEgyptian artist (born 1938)
- Farouk Mardam-Beyb. 1944SYnot in their usual nameFrench-Syrian publisher
- Farouk El Okdahb. 1946EGnot in their usual nameEgyptian economist
- Farouk Ben Mustaphab. 1989TNnot in their usual nameTunisian association football player
- Farouk Valley-OmarZAnot in their usual nameSouth African actor
- Farouk Benallegnot in their usual nameactor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 37 sources across 20 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 210 | #93,627 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 132 | #129,047 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ismlar.com — Uzbek given-name dictionary (meanings, gender, origin)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Faruq mean, and where does it come from?
- Que distingue la verdad de la falsedad Recorded by 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado.
- What are other forms of the name Faruq?
- In the etymology graph, Faruk is a form of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Faruq?
- A machine transcription gives /fɑɹuk/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Faruq a male or female name?
- Faruq is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Faruq have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 453 thousand people named Farooq in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Faruq?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,770 people named Farooq in 2010, about 1 in 188 thousand residents.
- How common is Faruq compared with other names?
- In Pakistan, Faruq is the 31st most common surname of 51,489 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Faruq?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/faruqThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Faruq” — the 31st most common surname in Pakistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.