Kourbe Surname
Approximately 144 people bear this surname
Kourbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 141 | 1:147,298 | 16,269 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Kourbe (477) may also be a first name.
Kourbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kourbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kourbe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺮﺏ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kourbe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,471,719th most widely held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 50,607,958 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kourbe live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 389,495th most commonly held given name in the world It is held by 477 people.
The surname Kourbe is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 141 people, or 1 in 147,298. In Cameroon Kourbe is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 99 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 1 percent reside and Mauritania, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kourbe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kourbe 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 Kourbe
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