Kourbali Surname

799,576th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 351 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Kourbali Surname User-submission:

The surname Kourbali originally comes the city Karbala'a in Iraq. The Sunni in that city escaped when the Shia commited acts of violence. They mostly escaped to Algeria. In Algeria they started to name then children of Karbala'a. After a while they started to name themself Kourbalians.

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Kourbali Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria1621:238,46626,068
Morocco1361:253,50142,794
France261:2,554,720189,486
Mauritania171:240,87411,443
Niger61:3,198,67054,540
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Kourbali Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Kourbali originally comes the city Karbala'a in Iraq. The Sunni in that city escaped when the Shia commited acts of violence. They mostly escaped to Algeria. In Algeria they started to name then children of Karbala'a. After a while they started to name themself Kourbalians.

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Kourbali Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kourbali (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺮﺑﺎﻟﻰ) is held by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kourbali? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kourbali is the 799,576th most common surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 20,762,239 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Kourbali are found; 85 percent are found in North Africa and 85 percent are found in Mahgreb.

It is most frequently occurring in Algeria, where it is carried by 162 people, or 1 in 238,466. In Algeria Kourbali is most numerous in: Mascara Province, where 98 percent are found, Aïn Defla Province, where 1 percent are found and Blida Province, where 1 percent are found. Beside Algeria this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 39 percent are found and France, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kourbali Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kourbali in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻛﺮﺑﺎﻟﻰkrbaly50
ﻛﺮﺑﺎﻟﻲkrbaly50

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