El-Kabir Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Comoros

El-Kabir Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-Kabir Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Comoros11:749,524685

El-Kabir (32) may also be a first name.

El-Kabir Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El-Kabir Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname El-Kabir is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name El-Kabir? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,117,718th most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of El-Kabir live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. El-Kabir is also the 1,840,253rd most frequently held given name internationally. It is borne by 32 people.

This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria El-Kabir is most prevalent in: Adamawa, where 25 percent reside, Borno, where 25 percent reside and Taraba, where 25 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 29 percent reside and Comoros, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El-Kabair941/
El Kabir881,011/
El-Kebir887/
El Khabir82703/
El-Kabeer8211/
El Kabair827/
El Kabier824/
El Kebir753,394/
El Kaber755/
El-Keber754/
El Kabyr753/
El Khebir7113/
El Khaber711/
El Khabyr711/
El Khaiber679/
El Keber631/
El Kebyr631/
El Kebeer59183/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to El-Kabir
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