Haqq (surname) explained
Haqq is a surname of Arabic origin commonly found in the Indian subcontinent but also in other parts of the Muslim world.
Etymology
Haqq originates from the Arabic word for truth or reality. It is commonly used as a suffix of a personal name. Al-Haqq (The Ultimate Reality) is one of the Names of God in Islam, and used in the second half of a compound name, commonly succeeding Abd or Abdul to make Abdul Haq. This specific compound name, means "servant of the Truth", and gives rise to the Muslim theophoric names.[1] [2]
Notable countries with the surname
- In Afghanistan - Haq, Ul-Haq, Al-Haq, Haque, Haqqani
- In Bangladesh - Haq, Hoq, Huq, Hague, Hogue, Haque, Hoque, Huque, Ul-Haque
- In India - Haq, Haque, Ul-Haque
- In Iran - Haq, Haqq, Haqeq, Haqeqe, Haqqani
- In Malaysia - Haq, Haque, Ul-Haque
- In Pakistan - Haq, Haqq, Haque, Ul-Haq, Ul-Haque, Haqqani
Notables with the surname
Haq
- Aaminah Haq (born 1972), Pakistani model
- Ameerah Haq, Bangladeshi diplomat
- Fazle Haq (1928–1991), Pakistani general and governor of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province
- Gad al-Haq (1917–1996), Grand Imam of Al-Azhar
- Gary Haq, British human ecologist
- Inzamam-ul-Haq (born 1970), Pakistani cricketer
- Iram Haq (born 1976), Pakistani-Norwegian actress and filmmaker
- Kiran Haq (born 1988), Pakistani actress and model
- Mahbub ul Haq (1934–1998), Pakistani economist
- Mansurul Haq (1937–2018), Pakistani former admiral
- Mehr Abdul Haq (1915–1995), Pakistani linguist
- Misbah-ul-Haq (born 1974), Pakistani cricketer
- Naveen-ul-Haq (born 1999), Afghan cricketer
- Nawaz Haq (born 1981), Pakistani athlete
- Nomanul Haq, Pakistani-American historian
- Qazi Imdadul Haq (1882–1926), Bangladeshi writer
- Sami-ul-Haq (1937–2018), Pakistani religious scholar
- Shameemul Haq (born 1955), Indian politician
- Ubaidul Haq, (former) Bangladeshi khatib of Baitul Mukarram
- Waheedul Haq (1933–2007), Bangladeshi writer and journalist
- Wahidul Haq (1933–2020), Bangladeshi politician
- Zain Haq, Pakistani climate activist
- Zia ul Haq (1924–1988) Former President of Pakistan and Former Army chief of Pakistan
Haque
- Adil Ahmad Haque, international law scholar
- Ariful Haque Choudhury, Mayor of Sylhet, Bangladesh
- Art Malik (né Athar ul-Haque Malik, British-Pakistani actor, born 1952)
- Enamul Haque, former cricketer for Bangladesh
- Fareed Haque (musician, born 1963 to Pakistani father and Chilean mother)
- Fazal Haque, Afghan cricketer
- Intisar-ul-Haque (1935–1996, Pakistani philosopher)
- Mohammad Asrarul Haque (born 1942, Indian politician)
- Muhammad Nurul Haque, Bangladeshi cultural activist, social worker and writer
- Md.Mozammel Haque (1860–1933, Bangladeshi poet and novelist)
- Naeem Haque, Pakistani model and actor
- Rashida Haque Choudhury, former Bangladeshi Minister of State of Social Welfare
- Syed Shamsul Haque (1935–2016, Bangladeshi poet and writer)
- Syed Aminul Haque, Pakistani Politician, member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
- Tafazzul Haque Habiganji (1938–2020), former vice-president of Hefazat-e-Islam and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
- Ziaul Haque (Pakistani scholar of economic history and Islamic studies, died 1998)
- Zulkiflee Anwar Haque (Malaysian cartoonist, born 1962)
Hoque
- Aminul Hoque, goalkeeper for Bangladeshi football club Muktijoddha Sangsad KS
- Aminul Hoque MBE, British-Bangladeshi writer and lecturer at Goldsmiths, University of London
- Anisul Hoque, Bangladeshi writer
- Ehsan Hoque, American-Bengali doctor
- Farzana Hoque, Bangladeshi cricketer
- Kazi Shamsul Hoque, Bangladeshi journalist
- Mazibul Hoque, Bangladeshi politician
- Moinul Hoque Choudhury, five-time MLA, two-time UN General Assembly representative and Indian Minister of Industrial Development
- Najrul Hoque, Indian-Bengali politician
- Rabiul Hoque, Bangladeshi cricketer
- Saiful Hoque, Bangladeshi politician
- Zohurul Hoque, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar
- Zubair Hoque, British-Bangladeshi racer
Huq
Arabic-based compound names with Haqq as an element
Surname oddities
There are quite a few surnames found throughout Middle Eastern & South Asian countries that have also been known as ethnic European surnames. Haque - A common last name in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh is also known as an ethnic English surname dating back all the way to the 1670s. English Haque seemed to have originated from the Durham-Yorkshire region of the United Kingdom and it is believed to be a variant of the Hague surname which is still common in both the UK and the United States present day. The English Haque surname slowly became outnumbered by South Asian Haque's as more and more Muslims began immigrating to the UK in the latter part of the 1900s. There are records of English Haques in the United States from websites such as myHeritageDNA and Ancestry.com dating back to the 1800s.
Organizations
- Haque Academy, co-educational school based in the Defence Housing Authority in Karachi, Pakistan
Notes and References
- Book: A Dictionary of Muslim Names. Salahuddin Ahmed. Hurst & Company. London. 1999.
- Book: A Dictionary of Muslim Names. S. A. Rahman. Goodword Books. New Delhi. 2001.
