How common is the surname Kabir?

1,978 people in the United States had the surname Kabir in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 156,090 Americans. It ranked 14,950th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Kabir?

Abdul Kabir, acting prime minister of Afghanistan since 2023, followed by Altamas Kabir.

Where is the surname Kabir most common?

Wikidata records people named Kabir in Afghanistan and India.

Is the surname Kabir getting more or less common?

More common. 1,028 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,978 in 2010, up 92%.

The surname Kabir

An Arabic surname, carried by 1,978 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kabir is more common than 90.8% of them.

Origin

Arabic origin

Borrowed from Arabic كَبِير (kabīr, “big, large, great”). This surname is mostly found in Bangladesh.

One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,978 people named Kabir in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 156,090 Americans. That is up 92% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,028.

#14,950

rank among US surnames

1,978

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+92.4%

change since 2000 (was #23,167)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,943	Setser	1,980	155,932
#14,946	Deloera	1,979	156,011
#14,950	Ingold	1,978	156,090
#14,957	Toone	1,977	156,169

Who is named Kabir

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

81% of people named Kabir identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 8.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.8% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 81%
White (not Hispanic) 8.3%
Two or more races 4.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Famous Kabirs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Abdul Kabir
Acting prime minister of Afghanistan since 2023
Altamas Kabir
39th Chief Justice of India (1948–2017)

Notable Kabirs come mostly from Afghanistan (1) and India (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Kabeer

Kabir has the Soundex code K160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K160.

Other Arabic surnames

All 179 Arabic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kabir come from?: Borrowed from Arabic كَبِير (kabīr, “big, large, great”). This surname is mostly found in Bangladesh.
How common is the surname Kabir?: 1,978 people in the United States had the surname Kabir in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 156,090 Americans. It ranked 14,950th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kabir?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Kabir identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 8.3% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Kabir?: Abdul Kabir, acting prime minister of Afghanistan since 2023, followed by Altamas Kabir.
Where is the surname Kabir most common?: Wikidata records people named Kabir in Afghanistan and India.
Is the surname Kabir getting more or less common?: More common. 1,028 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,978 in 2010, up 92%.
What are other spellings of Kabir?: Kabeer.