Trabelsi Surname

19,757th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27,739 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Libya
Highest density in:
Tunisia

Trabelsi Surname User-submission:

It is a topographical surname. There are two different places which can be recognized as the origin of this surname, both meaning the same. The city of Tripoli, Lebanon, that is also pronounced as Trablus in Arabic language is one of those, the eastern Tripoli.

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Trabelsi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Libya8,0901:772172
Algeria6,3111:6,1211,008
Tunisia2,3401:2611
Lebanon1,9671:2,866542
Israel1,9601:4,366637
France1,8891:35,1634,279
Saudi Arabia1,4311:21,5622,950
Morocco1,2271:28,0984,481
Syria8081:23,8871,668
Egypt3971:231,57616,276
Jordan1921:46,0544,812
Germany1381:583,37347,320
United States1281:2,831,710167,846
Qatar1191:19,8152,139
Canada981:375,97533,576
Belgium951:121,01717,762
Switzerland771:106,66111,226
Kuwait771:49,3605,585
England601:928,63447,428
Sweden551:179,03212,357
United Arab Emirates551:166,58712,493
Austria381:224,09027,245
Netherlands291:582,31651,332
Italy291:2,108,85190,314
Thailand191:3,717,808320,775
Russia121:12,010,255361,204
Norway91:571,36544,190
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
Faroe Islands51:9,800861
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Palestine41:1,137,21216,054
Oman41:921,9937,313
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
China21:683,660,78330,601
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

Trabelsi (189) may also be a first name.

Trabelsi Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

It is a topographical surname. There are two different places which can be recognized as the origin of this surname, both meaning the same. The city of Tripoli, Lebanon, that is also pronounced as Trablus in Arabic language is one of those, the eastern Tripoli. The other one is also called Tripoli, but located in Libya, the western Tripoli. In both cases the name of those cities means 'triple city'.

- tribilsi

The likely origin of the Trabelsi surname arises from people originally hailing from the city of Tripoli (Pronounced Trablus in Maghrebi Arabic) in modern day Libya. With Tripoli's close proximity to Tunisia, and given its shared history with the nation, several people groups from Tripoli settled in over time, and were assimilated into the Tunisian populous, earning the surname of Trabelsi.

- azizessafi

Trabelsi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Trabelsi (Arabic: الطرابلسى, Russian: Трабелси) is found in Libya more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Trabelsi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Trabelsi? popularity and diffusion

Trabelsi is the 19,757th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 262,718 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 66 percent of Trabelsi are found; 66 percent are found in North Africa and 36 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 661,310th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 189 people.

It is the most frequently used last name in one country:Tunisia, where 8 percent reside. The surname Trabelsi is most widespread in Libya, where it is carried by 8,090 people, or 1 in 772. Outside of Libya this surname is found in 62 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 23 percent reside and Tunisia, where 8 percent reside.

Trabelsi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Trabelsi last name is primarily Shiite (37%) in Lebanon.

In The United States Trabelsi are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 75% being registered with the party.

The amount Trabelsi earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 72.58% less than the national average, earning €8,235 per year; in Norway they earn 18.89% less than the national average, earning 280,712 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 171.7% more than the national average, earning R 645,660 per year; in United States they earn 15.78% more than the national average, earning $49,958 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.07% less than the national average, earning $35,239 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Trabelsi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Trabelsi in the Russian language
Трабелсиtrabelsi-
Trabelsi in the Arabic language
الطرابلسىaltrablsy-
طرابلسىtrablsy-
الطرابلسيaltrablsy-
طرابلسيtrablsy-

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