Cognomen عقيق (Agate 
, عقيق 
) , all over the world, is quite a rare family name. The cognomen عقيق is habitual in British Virgin Islands, where it is quite a common surname, Togo, where it is quite a rare surname, and Latvia. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in India, Italy, and the United States. Also, عقيق is the forename as well as the last name.