Nabulsi Surname

40,706th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,868 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jordan
Highest density in:
Jordan

Nabulsi Surname User-submission:

This surname means 'from Nablus' or 'of Nablus', a Palestinian city.

Nabulsi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jordan5,3001:1,668280
Saudi Arabia2,8621:10,7811,501
Lebanon1,7891:3,151596
Israel9071:9,4351,445
Palestine6661:6,8301,472
United States4141:875,50566,354
Egypt3051:301,42919,796
United Arab Emirates1391:65,9166,282
Syria1001:193,0103,973
Bahrain731:18,4743,432
Kuwait581:65,5297,566
Qatar411:57,5125,907
Australia391:692,19746,687
England371:1,505,89364,828
Canada291:1,270,53890,455
Nigeria151:11,809,517219,567
Denmark151:376,31425,792
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
Libya91:693,7751,982
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Oman41:921,9937,313
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Bulgaria31:2,326,30254,089
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
France21:33,211,361423,184
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Chile11:17,616,47493,597

Nabulsi Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'from Nablus' or 'of Nablus', a Palestinian city.

- nabulsibaby

Nabulsi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nabulsi (Arabic: لنابلسي, Russian: Набулси) occurs in Jordan more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Nabulsi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nabulsi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 40,706th most frequent family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 566,331 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Nabulsi are found; 93 percent are found in West Asia and 61 percent are found in Levant.

Nabulsi is most commonly held in Jordan, where it is borne by 5,300 people, or 1 in 1,668. In Jordan Nabulsi is most common in: Amman Governorate, where 55 percent are found, Zarqa Governorate, where 13 percent are found and Irbid Governorate, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Jordan this last name occurs in 39 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 22 percent are found and Lebanon, where 14 percent are found.

Nabulsi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Nabulsi surname is predominantly Sunni (65%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those bearing the Nabulsi last name are 0.89% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 54.12% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Nabulsi earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 123.52% more than the national average, earning 773,575 kr per year; in United States they earn 9.4% more than the national average, earning $47,204 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.9% more than the national average, earning $65,035 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Naboulsi931,823/
Nabulssi9314/
Nabullsi931/
Naboulssi88594/
Nabulsieh88309/
Naboulsie882/
Nabolsi8650/
Nabulsy8611/
Nabulse861/
Nabulesa8052/
Nabaulsy8012/
Nabolssi807/
Nabulezi806/
Naboulse805/
Naboulsy804/
Navoulsi802/
Nnabulezi7518/
Naboulssy751/
Nampoulsi751/
Nabulesha751/
Nabolsy716/
Nawulezi675/
Nabuleze671/
Nawuleci671/
Nnawulezi6377/
Nnawuleze501/

Nabulsi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nabulsi in the Russian language
Набулсиnabulsi-
Nabulsi in the Arabic language
لنابلسيlnablsy-
النابلسىalnablsy-
نابلسىnablsy-
نابلسيnablsy-
النابلسيalnablsy-

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