Around the globe, القرصان (القرصان 
) is quite a rare masculine first name. The first name القرصان is characteristic of Northern Africa, particularly Sudan, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Libya, and Egypt, where it is a rare male name. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Sudan, Egypt, and Iraq. Likewise, القرصان is the last name as well as the forename.