Kabir Surname
Approximately 944,735 people bear this surname
Kabir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 683,186 | 1:233 | 28 |
| Nigeria | 172,160 | 1:1,029 | 133 |
| India | 18,150 | 1:42,263 | 2,951 |
| Pakistan | 17,201 | 1:10,386 | 771 |
| Afghanistan | 8,927 | 1:3,602 | 381 |
| Syria | 6,563 | 1:2,941 | 351 |
| Sudan | 4,200 | 1:8,931 | 1,260 |
| Egypt | 3,935 | 1:23,364 | 2,645 |
| Iran | 3,534 | 1:21,727 | 2,759 |
| Chad | 2,985 | 1:4,554 | 714 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2,798 | 1:3,275 | 414 |
| Iraq | 2,604 | 1:13,449 | 947 |
| United States | 2,263 | 1:160,167 | 16,303 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2,186 | 1:14,115 | 1,995 |
| Morocco | 1,772 | 1:19,456 | 3,003 |
| England | 1,596 | 1:34,911 | 4,614 |
| Indonesia | 1,284 | 1:102,998 | 10,594 |
| Algeria | 1,089 | 1:35,474 | 6,439 |
| Ghana | 970 | 1:27,856 | 3,309 |
| Kuwait | 868 | 1:4,379 | 591 |
| Yemen | 782 | 1:33,792 | 3,103 |
| Canada | 734 | 1:50,198 | 6,093 |
| Australia | 431 | 1:62,635 | 7,554 |
| Malaysia | 392 | 1:75,240 | 5,389 |
| Oman | 363 | 1:10,160 | 1,292 |
| Qatar | 359 | 1:6,568 | 697 |
| Jordan | 352 | 1:25,121 | 3,406 |
| Sri Lanka | 292 | 1:71,262 | 7,441 |
| Cameroon | 276 | 1:75,250 | 9,323 |
| Thailand | 273 | 1:258,749 | 44,092 |
| Somalia | 245 | 1:54,906 | 2,420 |
| France | 243 | 1:273,345 | 42,057 |
| Bahrain | 147 | 1:9,174 | 1,687 |
| Germany | 125 | 1:644,044 | 50,561 |
| Sweden | 115 | 1:85,624 | 6,323 |
| Spain | 109 | 1:428,918 | 22,835 |
| Singapore | 107 | 1:51,474 | 1,981 |
| Niger | 104 | 1:184,539 | 6,420 |
| Philippines | 99 | 1:1,022,608 | 86,972 |
| South Africa | 89 | 1:608,738 | 46,089 |
| Hong Kong | 70 | 1:104,793 | 1,905 |
| Kenya | 66 | 1:699,695 | 30,103 |
| New Zealand | 66 | 1:68,611 | 10,369 |
| Russia | 45 | 1:3,202,735 | 169,516 |
| Netherlands | 41 | 1:411,882 | 42,990 |
| Belgium | 37 | 1:310,720 | 35,739 |
| Scotland | 37 | 1:144,698 | 8,671 |
| Ireland | 36 | 1:130,804 | 6,280 |
| Italy | 34 | 1:1,798,726 | 86,050 |
| Iceland | 31 | 1:12,261 | 1,126 |
| Japan | 26 | 1:4,917,088 | 38,984 |
| Brazil | 23 | 1:9,307,580 | 200,052 |
| Tunisia | 21 | 1:29,077 | 4,362 |
| Kazakhstan | 20 | 1:884,125 | 54,571 |
| Mauritania | 19 | 1:215,519 | 10,553 |
| Poland | 18 | 1:2,111,597 | 101,748 |
| Turkey | 17 | 1:4,577,731 | 104,623 |
| Wales | 16 | 1:193,408 | 12,484 |
| China | 14 | 1:97,665,826 | 5,141 |
| Norway | 14 | 1:367,306 | 34,015 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Finland | 11 | 1:499,700 | 30,478 |
| Nepal | 10 | 1:2,848,096 | 9,545 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Lebanon | 8 | 1:704,635 | 14,756 |
| South Korea | 8 | 1:6,405,032 | 1,091 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Cambodia | 6 | 1:2,581,191 | 8,069 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Bulgaria | 5 | 1:1,395,781 | 41,665 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Djibouti | 4 | 1:228,733 | 966 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Gambia | 4 | 1:480,863 | 548 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Bhutan | 2 | 1:308,020 | 1,264 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Somaliland | 1 | 1:3,500,182 | 1,592 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
Kabir (306,943) may also be a first name.
Kabir Demographics
Kabir Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kabir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kabir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kabir (Arabic: كبير, Bengali: কবির, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﺑﺮ, Hindi: कबीर, Marathi: कबीर, Oriya: କବିର, Russian: Кабир, Tibetan: ཀ་བིར་) is found in Bangladesh more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kabir? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 576th most commonly used surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,714 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 79 percent of Kabir reside; 77 percent reside in South Asia and 76 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 3,398th most common first name at a global level, held by 306,943 people.
The surname Kabir is most numerous in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 683,186 people, or 1 in 233. Excluding Bangladesh this surname occurs in 121 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 18 percent reside and India, where 2 percent reside.
Kabir Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Muslim (100%) in Kenya, Sunni (50%) in Lebanon and Muslim (97%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Kabir last name are 2.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 55.33% registered with the party.
The amount Kabir earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 76.67% less than the national average, earning €7,006 per year; in Norway they earn 18.75% less than the national average, earning 281,193 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 54.56% more than the national average, earning R 367,296 per year; in United States they earn 9.39% more than the national average, earning $47,199 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.68% less than the national average, earning $43,384 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kabir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kabir in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀ་བིར་ | kabir | - |
| Kabir in the Hindi language | ||
| कबीर | kabira | 98.01 |
| काबिर | kabira | 1.11 |
| कबिर | kabira | 0.62 |
| काबीर | kabira | 0.14 |
| कवीर | kavira | 0.07 |
| ़कबीर | kabira | 0.02 |
| Kabir in the Marathi language | ||
| कबीर | kabira | 93.32 |
| काबीर | kabira | 2.35 |
| बीर | bira | 0.67 |
| अमीर | amira | 0.27 |
| कदीर | kadira | 0.26 |
| शबीर | sabira | 0.14 |
| काजी | kaji | 0.08 |
| कवीर | kavira | 0.03 |
| नबी | nabi | 0.03 |
| आंबी | ambi | 0.03 |
| जाबीर | jabira | 0.03 |
| काबेर | kabera | 0.02 |
| कबु | kabu | 0.02 |
| जाबिर | jabira | 0.02 |
| कब | kaba | 0.02 |
| आमीर | amira | 0.02 |
| आबीर | abira | 0.02 |
| कनी | kani | 0.02 |
| साबीर | sabira | 0.02 |
| कबोर | kabora | 0.02 |
| तबी | tabi | 0.02 |
| कबी | kabi | 0.02 |
| कादीर | kadira | 0.02 |
| सबीर | sabira | 0.02 |
| कबेर | kabera | 0.02 |
| कबार | kabara | 0.02 |
| ्बीर | bira | 0.02 |
| कणीर | kanira | 0.02 |
| Kabir in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﺑﺮ | kabr | 88.57 |
| ﻛﺒﻴﺮ | kbyr | 5.71 |
| ﺍﻟﻜﺒﻴﺮ | alkbyr | 2.86 |
| ﺍﻛﺒﻴﺮ | akbyr | 2.86 |
| Kabir in the Oriya language | ||
| କବିର | kabira | 75.61 |
| କବୀର | kabira | 20.67 |
| କାବିର | kabira | 0.54 |
| କବିର୍ | kabir | 0.43 |
| କାବୀର | kabira | 0.11 |
| କୁବିର | kubira | 0.05 |
| ବାଲି | bali | 0.05 |
| କଦିର | kadira | 0.05 |
| Kabir in the Bengali language | ||
| কবির | kabira | 66.04 |
| কবীর | kabira | 32.42 |
| কাবীর | kabira | 0.51 |
| কাবির | kabira | 0.51 |
| কবির্ | kabir | 0.17 |
| Kabir in the Russian language | ||
| Кабир | kabir | - |
| Kabir in the Arabic language | ||
| كبير | kbyr | - |
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