Karbala Surname

187,667th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,254 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Lebanon

Karbala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karbala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran1,8051:42,5394,903
Lebanon2901:19,4382,392
Iraq731:479,7498,022
Afghanistan321:1,004,7879,548
Indonesia171:7,779,364314,803
Pakistan101:17,864,38868,137
India81:95,883,173728,828
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

Karbala (266) may also be a first name.

Karbala Last Name Facts

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

The last name Karbala (Arabic: كربلا, Hindi: कर्बला, Russian: Карбала) is borne by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Karbala? popularity and diffusion

Karbala is the 187,667th most widely held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 3,233,161 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Karbala reside; 82 percent reside in South Asia and 82 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Karbala is also the 545,281st most common first name globally It is held by 266 people.

It is most common in Iran, where it is held by 1,805 people, or 1 in 42,539. In Iran it is most common in: Tehran Province, where 30 percent live, West Azerbaijan Province, where 21 percent live and East Azerbaijan Province, where 17 percent live. Besides Iran Karbala occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in Lebanon, where 13 percent live and Iraq, where 3 percent live.

Karbala Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Shiite (99%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

Karbala Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Karbala in the Hindi language
कर्बलाkarbala66.67
करबलाkarabala33.33
Karbala in the Russian language
Карбалаkarbala-
Karbala in the Arabic language
كربلاkrbla-
كربلاءkrbla-

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Karbala
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis