# 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 (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.

## 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 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 (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
* M. Azizul Haq (1940 or 1941–2025), Bangladeshi police officer, inspector general
* 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 (born 1979/1980), professor and international law scholar
* Aghniny Haque (born 1997), Indonesian actress, model, former taekwondo athlete
* Ariful Haque Choudhury (born 1959), former mayor of Sylhet, Bangladesh
* Athar ul-Haque Malik (better known as Art Malik, born 1952), British Pakistani actor
* Enamul Haque (born 1966), Bangladeshi former cricketer
* Fareed Haque (born 1963), American jazz guitarist
* Intisar-ul-Haque (1935–1996), Pakistani philosopher
* Marissa Haque (1962–2024), Indonesian actress and politician
* Md. Mozammel Haque (1928–2017), Bangladeshi politician
* Mohammad Asrarul Haque (1942–2018), Indian politician
* Mohammad Mozammel Haque, retired two-star admiral in Bangladesh Navy
* Mohammad Nurul Haque (1915–1998), Bangladesh Awami League politician
* Muhammad Nurul Haque (1907–1987), Bangladeshi cultural activist, social worker, writer
* Naeem Haque, Pakistani model and actor
* Naeemul Haque (1949–2020), Pakistani politician
* Rashida Haque Choudhury (1926–unknown), Indian politician
* Syed Aminul Haque (born 1962), Pakistani politician
* Syed Shamsul Haque (1935–2016), Bangladeshi writer
* Tafazzul Haque Habiganji (1938–2020), former vice-president of Hefazat-e-Islam and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
* Ziaul Haque (died 1998), Pakistani scholar of economic history and Islamic studies
* Zulkiflee Anwar Haque (born 1962), Malaysian political cartoonist

### 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

* A. K. Fazlul Huq (1873–1962), Bangladeshi statesman and jurist
* Konnie Huq (born 1975), British television & radio presenter and screenwriter
* Mohammad Mozammel Huq (1860–1933), Indian Bengali-language poet and novelist
* Muhammad Shamsul Huq (1911–2006), Bangladeshi academic and former Minister of Foreign Affairs
* 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, Bangladeshi professor and activist
* Rupa Huq (born 1972), British writer and politician
* Shamsul Huq (1918–1965), Bengali politician

## Arabic-based compound names with Haqq as an element

* Abdul Haq
* Aminul Haque (name)
* Anisul Huq
* Anwar ul Haq
* Azizul Haque (disambiguation)
* Fazlul Haq
* Imdadul Haq (includes "Emdadul Haq" etc.)
* Inam-ul-Haq (includes "Enamul Haq" etc.)
* Izhar ul Haq (disambiguation)
* Mahbubul Haq
* Mizanul Haque
* Mozammel Haque (disambiguation)
* Nur ul-Haq (disambiguation)
* Rezaul Haque (disambiguation)
* Serajul Huq (disambiguation)
* Shams ul Haq (disambiguation)
* Zahurul Haque

## 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 the Middle East and South Asia 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