Qutb Surname

58,258th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,684 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Qutb Surname User-submission:

Kotb and Qutb mean 'pole', noun of the adjective, 'polar'. Kotby means 'polar'.

Qutb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan4,3891:7,326601
Egypt1,9831:46,3624,614
Saudi Arabia6361:48,5157,156
Palestine4221:10,7792,116
Yemen4111:64,2954,707
Kuwait2411:15,7712,101
Iran2001:383,91324,951
Iraq1681:208,4624,771
Lebanon1441:39,1463,630
United Arab Emirates431:213,07614,246
Pakistan221:8,120,17743,015
Jordan171:520,14313,397
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Qutb (2,552) may also be a first name.

Qutb Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Kotb and Qutb mean 'pole', noun of the adjective, 'polar'. Kotby means 'polar'.

- abdo_kotb

Qutb Last Name Facts

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

Qutb is found most in Afghanistan. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Qutb? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 58,258th most numerous surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 839,192 people. The surname Qutb occurs predominantly in Asia, where 77 percent of Qutb live; 53 percent live in South Asia and 53 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 145,846th most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 2,552 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 4,389 people, or 1 in 7,326. In Afghanistan Qutb is mostly found in: Takhar, where 18 percent are found, Paktika, where 13 percent are found and Badakhshan, where 12 percent are found. Besides Afghanistan Qutb is found in 17 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 23 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 7 percent are found.

Qutb Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Qutb surname is principally Sunni (99%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Quthb89179/
Qutbs891/
Quttb891/
Qtb864/
Qutp752/
Qutf751/
Qutv751/
Qqtb751/
Qhtb751/
Qthb751/
Gqtb751/
Qkttb671/
Qhtbp671/
Gqtbd671/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Qutb
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