Find out how popular the last name Larbi is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Larbi.

Larbi, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Larbi surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Larbi in America

Larbi is the 60790th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Larbi surname appeared 331 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Larbi.

We can also compare 2010 data for Larbi to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Larbi

The surname LARBI originates from North Africa, specifically Morocco and Algeria, and is derived from the Arabic word "larbi," which means "the Moroccan" or "the Algerian." It is believed to have originated in the 7th or 8th century, during the Arab conquest and Islamization of North Africa.

LARBI is a fairly common surname in Morocco and Algeria, and it is also found in other parts of the Arab world, as well as in countries with significant Moroccan or Algerian immigrant populations, such as France and Spain. The earliest known records of the name date back to the medieval period, when it appeared in various administrative documents and manuscripts.

One notable historical figure with the surname LARBI was Ahmed al-Larbi al-Hasani, a 17th-century Moroccan scholar and writer who authored several works on Islamic theology and jurisprudence. Another was Larbi Ben M'hidi, an Algerian revolutionary who played a significant role in the Algerian War of Independence against France in the 1950s and 1960s.

In more recent times, some notable individuals with the surname LARBI include Mohamed Larbi Zitout, an Algerian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Algeria from 1994 to 1998, and Larbi Benberi, a Moroccan footballer who played for various clubs in Europe and represented the Moroccan national team in the 1990s.

Other historical figures with the surname LARBI include Larbi Ben Barek, a Moroccan footballer who played for several clubs in Europe in the 1940s and 1950s and is considered one of the greatest African players of all time, and Larbi Batma, a Moroccan writer and poet who was active in the 20th century and published several collections of poetry and short stories.

The surname LARBI has also been associated with various place names and locations in North Africa, such as the town of Larbi Ben M'hidi in Algeria, which was named after the revolutionary leader of the same name.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Larbi

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Larbi.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Larbi was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Larbi has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Larbi was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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