Mourbe Surname

827,165th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 335 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Mourbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mourbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania3231:12,6781,227
Cameroon111:1,888,09798,267
Chad11:13,592,19913,092

The alternate forms: Mourbé (12) are calculated separately.

Mourbe (24) may also be a first name.

Mourbe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mourbe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺮﺏ) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can also be found as: Mourbé. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mourbe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 827,165th most numerous last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 21,753,868 people. Mourbe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mourbe live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most widely held first name on earth It is held by 24 people.

The surname Mourbe is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 323 people, or 1 in 12,678. In Mauritania Mourbe is most frequent in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 34 percent reside, Guidimagha Region, where 20 percent reside and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 15 percent reside. Not including Mauritania Mourbe occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 3 percent reside and Chad, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mourbé9412/
Mourbey9231/
Mohurbe922/
Morbe912,813/
Murbe9126/
Mourba831,248/
Morbey831,060/
Moerbe83601/
Morber83358/
Morbee83100/
Mourue8373/
Murber8346/
Mourby8324/
Morbée8318/
Morbeu8312/
Morbie834/
Morbes832/
Mourwe832/
Meurbe831/
Moorbe831/
Murbee831/
Morbet831/
Mgorbe831/
Murbei831/
Mourve830/
Morbech77121/
Moorbey7733/
Moorbet774/
Muirbeh771/
Murbieh771/
Mourbai771/
Mourbha771/
Mourbih771/
Morwe733,355/
Morba732,484/
Morby731,546/
Morbi73608/
Murby73485/
Marbe73253/
Murba73207/
Morue73169/
Morve73112/
Mürbe7375/
Murwe7343/
Murbi7341/
Morbé7336/
Murue7329/
Murve736/
Muurbech714/
Majorbet711/
Mauerber711/
Moorby671,570/
Marbet67408/
Morbis67352/
Morbio67288/
Marber67174/
Marbes67134/
Morweh67100/
Murvee6789/
Morbit6750/
Marbej6747/
Marbey6738/
Murbiy6737/
Murbii6734/
Morvey6732/
Muruet6727/
Morvee6726/
Marbez6720/
Morvie6716/
Morenp6715/
Marbie6714/
Meurba6711/
Morbai679/
Murwej678/
Moroue677/
Murbay677/
Mmorve676/
Morver674/
Murbit674/
Marbed674/
Moorwe673/
Marbee673/
Maroue673/
Murbhy673/
Morrby672/
Murvie672/
Murvet672/
Moerby672/
Marbei672/
Moruer672/
Marbeh672/
Morbay672/
Morbiz672/
Mourva672/
Muirwe672/
Morbha671/
Morhbi671/
Morueh671/
Muurba671/
Murbha671/
Moerve671/
Morves671/
Muruee671/
Morwee671/
Morues671/
Marbea671/
Moorba671/
Mourui671/
Murhue671/
Mmurwe671/
Murwed671/
Muyrby671/
Murvey670/
Morhue670/
Morrve670/

Mourbe Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mourbe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻣﺮﺏmrb68.85
ﻣﺮﺑﻪmrbh29.51
ﻣﻮﺭﺑﻪmwrbh0.82
ﻣﻮﺭﺏmwrb0.82

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Footnotes

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