Kurbe Surname

1,955,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 91 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Latvia

Kurbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kurbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria381:4,661,652124,734
Latvia231:89,13212,995
Turkey151:5,188,095110,069
India121:63,922,115578,870
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Kurbe (31) may also be a first name.

Kurbe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kurbe (Hindi: कुर्बे, Marathi: कुब, Russian: Курбе) is found most in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kurbe? popularity and diffusion

Kurbe is the 1,955,159th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. The last name Kurbe is predominantly found in Africa, where 43 percent of Kurbe reside; 43 percent reside in West Africa and 42 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 31 people.

It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 4,661,652. In Nigeria Kurbe is most numerous in: Borno, where 50 percent live, Adamawa, where 47 percent live and Gombe, where 3 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Latvia, where 25 percent live and Turkey, where 16 percent live.

Kurbe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Kurbe has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kurbe last name contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kourbe91144/
Kurber9187/
Khurbe9128/
Kurbes9122/
Kurbey9115/
Kurbhe918/
Kurbeh917/
Kurbie912/
Kurbeľ911/
Keurbe911/
Kurbetz8323/
Kourbeh839/
Kurbett833/
Kurbesh832/
Khurbet832/
Kourbei831/
Kurrbeh831/
Kourbie831/
Kurbets831/
Kurbeis830/
Korbe80546/
Kurba80348/
Kurbi80171/
Kurby8088/
Kirbe8039/
Curbe8014/
Kourbeis7719/
Khourbeh771/
Courbe73903/
Korbee73503/
Curbet73365/
Kourbi73144/
Kurbay73130/
Kirbie73115/
Korbeľ73110/
Kourba73104/
Korbey73102/
Kirbey7390/
Kurbai7351/
Kurbhi7350/
Curbey7347/
Kurbiz7328/
Korbie7323/
Khurve7321/
Kurbaj7321/
Keurba7319/
Korbeh7316/
Korbei739/
Curbie737/
Koerbe733/
Kurbha733/
Khurba733/
Kierbe732/
Kurboa732/
Kirbee732/
Kurhbi731/
Kürbes731/
Kaurve731/
Kuerbi731/
Kutrby731/
Khorbe731/
Kaurbi731/
Curbes730/
Curber730/
Curbee730/
Courbet672,890/
Courbez67349/
Korbieh67290/
Courbey67192/
Courbes67112/
Kurbitz6735/
Korbeľa6715/
Kourbaj678/
Kourbit675/
Khirbee675/
Khurbay674/
Kurbish674/
Khourby672/
Kourvei671/
Kurbaya671/
Courbie671/
Khurbid671/
Kurrbhi671/
Kurbysh671/
Kourbaa671/
Curbett671/
Khurbuj671/
Khourba671/
Kurbihs671/
Courber671/
Koerbey670/

Kurbe Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kurbe in the Marathi language
कुबkuba-
Kurbe in the Hindi language
कुर्बेkurbe60
कुरबेkurabe40
Kurbe in the Russian language
Курбеkurbe-

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Kurbe
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis