Around the globe, Akhbar (Akhbar 
, أخبار 
, Ахбар 
) is quite a rare primarily masculine, but very seldom female first name. The forename Akhbar is characteristic of Morocco, where it is quite a rare dominantly masculine, but seldom girly name, Lebanon, where it is a rare masculine name, and Saudi Arabia. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in Morocco, Indonesia, and India. Likewise, Akhbar is the last name as well as the forename.