Kourba Surname
Approximately 104 people bear this surname
Kourba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 94 | 1:195,235 | 4,316 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Kourba (70) may also be a first name.
Kourba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kourba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kourba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺮﺏ) occurs in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kourba.
How Common Is The Last Name Kourba? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,806,862nd most common last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 70,072,557 people. The last name Kourba is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kourba live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kourba is also the 1,162,016th most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 70 people.
The last name Kourba is most common in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 94 people, or 1 in 195,235. In Burkina Faso Kourba is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 97 percent are found, Centre-Nord Region, where 1 percent are found and Centre-Sud Region, where 1 percent are found. Barring Burkina Faso Kourba occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 4 percent are found and Benin, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kourba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kourba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺮﺏ | krb | - |
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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
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- 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 Kourba
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