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 more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kourbe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,471,719th most prevalent surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 50,607,958 people. The last name Kourbe is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kourbe live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Chadic Africa. Kourbe is also the 389,495th most frequent first name globally, borne by 477 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 141 people, or 1 in 147,298. In Cameroon Kourbe is most common in: Far North Region, where 99 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 1 percent live. Barring Cameroon this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 1 percent live and Mauritania, where 1 percent live.
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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