Ghorbani Surname

2,283rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 240,468 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Ghorbani Surname User-submission:

This name means 'sacrifice' (victim). It can have a positive connotation in Farsi such as in the common phrase "ghorboonet besham" or "قربونت بشم" colloquially meaning "I adore you" but literally meaning "I would be your sacrifice."

Ghorbani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran239,2611:32122
United States4721:767,92159,720
Canada1871:197,03519,314
Sweden1221:80,7115,995
England601:928,63447,428
Germany581:1,388,02586,120
Denmark471:120,10011,018
Netherlands401:422,17943,576
Thailand291:2,435,805267,220
Norway241:214,26224,079
Iraq211:1,667,69816,789
Australia181:1,499,76175,721
France141:4,744,480251,814
Malaysia121:2,457,85295,442
Italy101:6,115,669111,715
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Belgium61:1,916,107103,447
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
India51:153,413,076951,030
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
China41:341,830,39216,990
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896

Ghorbani (4,910) may also be a first name.

Ghorbani Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This name means 'sacrifice' (victim). It can have a positive connotation in Farsi such as in the common phrase "ghorboonet besham" or "قربونت بشم" colloquially meaning "I adore you" but literally meaning "I would be your sacrifice."

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Ghorbani Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ghorbani Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ghorbani (Arabic: غرباني) is found most frequently in Iran. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ghorbani? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,283rd most frequently held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 30,306 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Ghorbani reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 97,289th most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 4,910 people.

The surname Ghorbani is most widely held in Iran, where it is carried by 239,261 people, or 1 in 321. In Iran it is primarily found in: Tehran Province, where 18 percent live, Isfahan Province, where 10 percent live and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 9 percent live. Barring Iran this last name occurs in 55 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Ghorbani Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Ghorbani last name are 10.22% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.99% registered with the political party.

The amount Ghorbani earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 12.27% more than the national average, earning 388,535 kr per year; in United States they earn 27.95% more than the national average, earning $55,208 USD per year and in Canada they earn 33.6% more than the national average, earning $66,378 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Ghorbani Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ghorbani in the Arabic language
غربانيghrbany-
قربانيqrbany-

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