Karbaly Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Karbaly Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karbaly Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania131:314,98913,616
Kyrgyzstan21:2,986,32784,533
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Karbaly Last Name Facts

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

Karbaly (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺮﺑﻠﻲ) is found most in Mauritania. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Karbaly? popularity and diffusion

Karbaly is the 4,908,606th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. Karbaly is mostly found in Africa, where 81 percent of Karbaly reside; 81 percent reside in West Africa and 81 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 314,989. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Inchiri Region, where 69 percent reside, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 23 percent reside and Tagant Region, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Mauritania this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kyrgyzstan, where 13 percent reside and The United States, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Karbaly Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Karbaly in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻛﺮﺑﻠﻲkrbly42.86
ﻛﺮﺑﺎﻟﻲkrbaly42.86
ﻛﺮﺑﻞkrbl14.29

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Footnotes

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