Kourbaly Surname

1,860,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 99 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Kourbaly 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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Kourbaly Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania951:43,1043,266
Senegal41:3,644,8366,064

Kourbaly 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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Kourbaly Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kourbaly (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺮﺑﺎﻟﻲ) is found most frequently in Mauritania. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kourbaly? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,860,621st most commonly occurring last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 73,611,575 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kourbaly are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.

The last name is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is held by 95 people, or 1 in 43,104. In Mauritania it is primarily concentrated in: Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 21 percent live, Adrar Region, where 18 percent live and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 18 percent live. Besides Mauritania this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Senegal, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kourbaly Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kourbaly in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻛﺮﺑﺎﻟﻲkrbaly63.33
ﻛﺮﺑﺎﻟﻰkrbaly16.67
ﻛﻮﺭﺑﺎﻟﻲkwrbaly13.33
ﻛﻮﺭﺑﺎﻟﻰkwrbaly6.67

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