Haqq (surname)

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Haqq (Arabic: حقّ, romanized: Ḥaqq, Bengali: হক, হক্ব, হক্ক, romanized: Hoq) is a surname of Arabic origin commonly found in the 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]

Notables with the surname[]

Haq[]

• Zia ul Haq (1924–1988)

Former President of Pakistan and Former Army chief of Pakistan

• 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
• Naeem Haq, Pakistani model and actor
• Nawaz Haq (born 1981), Pakistani athlete
• Nomanul Haq, Pakistani-American historian
• Qazi Imdadul Haq (1882–1926), Bengali writer
• Sami-ul-Haq (1937–2018), Pakistani religious scholar
• Shakeel Haq (born 1990), Hong Kong cricketer
• Shameemul Haq (born 1955), Indian politician
• Ubaidul Haq, former khatib of Baitul Mukarram
• Waheedul Haq (1933–2007), Bangladeshi writer and journalist
• Wahidul Haq (1933–2020), Bangladeshi politician

Haque[]

• Ariful Haque Choudhury, Mayor of Sylhet
• Art Malik (né Athar ul-Haque Malik, British actor, born 1952)
• Azizul Haque (educator) (1892–1947, Bengali advocate and diplomat)
• Enamul Haque, former cricketer for Bangladesh
• Enamul Haque Jr, cricketer for Bangladesh
• Enamul Haque Mostafa Shahid, former Bangladeshi Minister of Social Welfare
• Fareed Haque (musician, born 1963 to Pakistani father and Chilean mother)
• Intisar-ul-Haque (1935–1996, Pakistani philosopher)
• Mohammad Asrarul Haque (born 1942, Indian politician)
• Muhammad Nurul Haque, Bengali cultural activist, social worker and writer
• Md.Mozammel Haque (1860–1933, Bengali poet and novelist)
• Rashida Haque Choudhury, former Bangladeshi Minister of State of Social Welfare
• Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani (1939–1975)
• Syed Shamsul Haque (1935–2016, Bangladeshi poet and writer)
• Zulkiflee Anwar Haque (Malaysian cartoonist, born 1962)

Hoque[]

• Aminul Hoque, goalkeeper for Muktijoddha Sangsad KS
• Aminul Hoque MBE, lecturer at Goldsmiths, University of London, writer
• Anisul Hoque, Bangladeshi writer
• Ehsan Hoque, American 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 politician
• Rabiul Hoque, Bangladeshi cricketer
• Saiful Hoque, Bangladeshi politician
• Zohurul Hoque, Islamic scholar
• Zubair Hoque, English racer

Huq[]

• Abul Kasem Fazlul Huq (1873–1962), Bengali statesman in the first half of the 20th century
• Konnie Huq, British television presenter
• Nasreen Pervin Huq (1958–2006), Bangladeshi women's activist and campaigner for women's rights and social justice
• Nazmul Huq (1938–1971), Bangladeshi commander
• Nurul Huq Bhuiyan, Bengali professor and politician
• Rupa Huq, British politician and sister of Konnie
• Shamsul Huq, Bengali politician

See also[]

• Abdul Haq
• Aminul Haque (name)
• Anisul Huq
• Anwar ul Haq
• Azizul Haque
• Fazlul Haq
• Inam-ul-Haq (includes "Enamul Haq" etc.)
• Izhar ul Haq (disambiguation)
• Mozammel Haque (disambiguation)
• Nur ul-Haq (disambiguation)
• Serajul Huq (disambiguation)
• Shams ul Haq

References[]

Surname list

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