Haqq (surname)
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 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.Variants
- In Afghanistan - Haq, Ul-Haq, Al-Haq, Haque, Haqqani
- In Bangladesh - Haq, Hoq, Huq, Hague, Hogue, Haque, Hoque, Huque, Ul-Haque
- In India - Haq, Haqq, Haque, Ul-Haq, Ul-Haque, Al-Haq, Hoq, Huq, Hoque, Huque
- In Indonesia - Haq, Haqq, 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, Pakistani model
- Ameerah Haq, Bangladeshi diplomat
- Fazle Haq, Pakistani general and governor of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province
- Gad al-Haq, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar
- Gary Haq, British human ecologist
- Inzamam-ul-Haq, Pakistani cricketer
- Iram Haq, Pakistani-Norwegian actress and filmmaker
- Kiran Haq, Pakistani actress and model
- M. Azizul Haq, Bangladeshi police officer, inspector general
- Mahbub ul Haq, Pakistani economist
- Mansurul Haq, Pakistani former admiral
- Mehr Abdul Haq, Pakistani linguist
- Misbah-ul-Haq, Pakistani cricketer
- Naveen-ul-Haq, Afghan cricketer
- Nawaz Haq, Pakistani athlete
- Nomanul Haq, Pakistani-American historian
- Qazi Imdadul Haq, Bangladeshi writer
- Sami-ul-Haq, Pakistani religious scholar
- Shameemul Haq, Indian politician
- Ubaidul Haq, Bangladeshi khatib of Baitul Mukarram
- Waheedul Haq, Bangladeshi writer and journalist
- Wahidul Haq, Bangladeshi politician
- Zain Haq, Pakistani climate activist
- Zia ul Haq Former President of Pakistan and Former Army chief of Pakistan
Haque
- Adil Ahmad Haque, Indian professor and international law scholar
- Aghniny Haque, Indonesian actress, model, former taekwondo athlete
- Ariful Haque Choudhury, former mayor of Sylhet, Bangladesh
- Athar ul-Haque Malik, British Pakistani actor
- Enamul Haque, Bangladeshi former cricketer
- Fareed Haque, American jazz guitarist
- Intisar-ul-Haque, Pakistani philosopher
- Marissa Haque, Indonesian actress and politician
- Md. Mozammel Haque, Bangladeshi politician
- Mohammad Asrarul Haque, Indian politician
- Mohammad Mozammel Haque, retired two-star admiral in Bangladesh Navy
- Mohammad Nurul Haque, Bangladesh Awami League politician
- Muhammad Nurul Haque, Bangladeshi cultural activist, social worker, writer
- Naeem Haque, Pakistani model and actor
- Naeemul Haque, Pakistani politician
- Rashida Haque Choudhury, Indian politician
- Syed Aminul Haque, Pakistani politician
- Syed Shamsul Haque, Bangladeshi writer
- Tafazzul Haque Habiganji, former vice-president of Hefazat-e-Islam and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
- Ziaul Haque, Pakistani scholar of economic history and Islamic studies
- Zulkiflee Anwar Haque, Malaysian political cartoonist
Hoque
- 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
- A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bangladeshi statesman and jurist
- Konnie Huq, British television & radio presenter and screenwriter
- Mohammad Mozammel Huq, Indian Bengali-language poet and novelist
- Muhammad Shamsul Huq, Bangladeshi academic and former Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Nasreen Pervin Huq, Bangladeshi women's activist and campaigner for women's rights and social justice
- Nazmul Huq, Bangladeshi commander
- Nurul Huq Bhuiyan, Bangladeshi professor and activist
- Rupa Huq, British writer and politician
- Shamsul Huq, Bengali politician
Arabic-based compound names with ''Haqq'' as an element
- Abdul Haq
- Aminul Haque
- Anisul Huq
- Anwar ul Haq
- Azizul Haque
- Fazlul Haq
- Imdadul Haq
- Inam-ul-Haq
- Izhar ul Haq
- Mahbubul Haq
- Mahfuzul Haque
- Mahmudul Haque
- Mizanul Haque
- Mozammel Haque
- Nur ul-Haq
- Rezaul Haque
- Serajul Huq
- Shams ul Haq
- Zahurul Haque
Organizations
- Haque Academy, co-educational school based in the Defence Housing Authority in Karachi, Pakistan