Frequency: (136)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Muslim: from Arabic Qādiri ‘associated with Qādir’, (see Kader). In particular this term denotes association with Qādiriyyah, a Sufi order established in Baghdad by ῾Abd al-Qādir al-Jīlanī (died 1166), known as ‘the Sultan of the saints’.
GIVEN NAMES: Muslim 71%. Syed (27), Mohammad (2), Abdul, Ashfaq, Atiq, Faisal, Habeeb, Hafeez, Hasan, Iqbal, Jamal, Jawaid.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
