Kabiru Forename

1,946th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 519,214 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Kabiru Forename User-submission:

Kabiru is a Hausa variant of the Arabic name Kabir, meaning 'grand', 'large'.

Kabiru Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria
100%
515,1811:34538
Ghana
100%
1,7981:15,0091,261
Kenya
70%
 
1,6321:28,3742,436
India
83%
 
1221:9,958,016299,775
Cameroon
100%
1161:186,2978,080
England
97%
 
1061:524,55610,965
United States-721:5,035,23662,903
Pakistan
100%
441:4,417,22045,153
United Arab Emirates-141:510,85717,236
Iceland-141:26,1441,689
Ivory Coast
100%
121:1,922,99445,079
Egypt-91:10,211,21621,716
Malaysia-81:3,806,24294,684
Liberia
100%
71:630,29415,835
Sweden
100%
71:1,408,27224,832
Canada
100%
51:6,626,67458,631
Niger
100%
51:3,836,79937,767
Qatar
100%
51:473,92138,106
Scotland-51:1,070,07310,235
Brazil-41:53,559,038368,334
Papua New Guinea
100%
41:2,038,078115,092
Poland-41:9,506,7785,827
Benin-31:3,525,28151,145
Burkina Faso
100%
31:6,126,49060,119
Uganda
100%
31:13,652,30774,436
Ukraine-21:22,749,95422,291
Singapore-21:3,143,52727,876
Ireland-21:2,321,7608,894
Tanzania
100%
21:26,394,16073,301
South Africa
100%
11:54,532,649471,300
Mauritania-11:4,095,23927,701
Sierra Leone-11:7,088,6631,497
Spain-11:46,529,96535,592
Sudan-11:37,806,97510,689
Senegal-11:14,581,35634,505
Thailand-11:70,065,813391,235
Turkey-11:77,801,70991,051
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537
Philippines-11:106,009,477690,015
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
Nepal
100%
11:28,487,352119,417
Japan-11:127,986,05794,066
Italy-11:61,062,09083,289
Iraq-11:35,017,85922,933
Hong Kong-11:7,752,72520,144
Germany-11:96,677,87695,912
Gambia-11:1,926,5961,391
Finland-11:5,483,18325,487
DR Congo
100%
11:73,827,605146,761
China-11:1,366,055,782109,249
Belgium-11:11,490,04143,727
Belarus-11:9,482,38420,892

Kabiru (319,442) may also be a surname.

Kabiru Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Kabiru is a Hausa variant of the Arabic name Kabir, meaning 'grand', 'large'.

- t0n13

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