Naqqash

surname · Latin script

Meaning: ‎‫لقاس‬ painter; engraver;

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/nəkkæʃ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Naqqash is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • PKPakistan≈1 in 349K(inferred from the name graph)
  • SASaudi Arabia≈1 in 1.4M
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 25M

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)

≈670 people, est.

Sources
20 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 349K (inferred from the name graph)

Pakistan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

‎‫لقاس‬ painter; engraver;

Sources 1

  • Muslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Naqqash 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.

Where Naqqash is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PK Pakistan#767≈670 est.≈1 in 349KlistedNaqqash20
IN India—≈29 est.≈1 in 45M—Naqqash9
SA Saudi Arabia—≈25 est.≈1 in 1.4Mlisted——
US United States—≈4 est.≈1 in 85Mlisted—6
GB United Kingdom—≈3 est.≈1 in 25M7Naqqash8

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: Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register. 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Naqqash is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Portuguese name3 spellings in the group

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Naqqāsh

21 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

How to address them(machine-generated)

Formalمحترم Naqqash صاحب،Dear Mr Naqqash, (English)
Informalہیلو Naqqash،Hi Naqqash, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Naqqash
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)20027#182,958
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Naqqash mean, and where does it come from?
‎‫لقاس‬ painter; engraver; Recorded by Muslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman.
How do you pronounce Naqqash?
A machine transcription gives /nəkkæʃ/ (IPA) for Urdu.
In which country does Naqqash have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 669 people named Naqqash in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled naqqash.
How common is the name Naqqash?
Mondonomo estimates about 670 people in Pakistan have Naqqash as their first surname, about 1 in 349 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
How common is Naqqash compared with other names?
In Pakistan, Naqqash is the 767th most common surname of 51,489 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Naqqash” — the 767th most common surname in Pakistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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