Last name عقبة (عقبة 
, Uqba 
) , all over the world, is quite a rare surname. The family name عقبة is characteristic of Algeria, where it is quite a rare surname, Yemen, and Syria, where it is a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Algeria, Egypt, and Yemen. More prevalently, عقبة is the forename as well as the last name.
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| عقبة | Yemen, Algeria, Iraq, Syria, Egypt |
| Uqba | Yemen, India, United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, Indonesia |
| مسلم بن عقبة Umayyad Caliphate general (died 683), SA (b. 622) |
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| موسى بن عقبة arab Historian and Traditionalist, SA (b. 674) |
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| الوليد بن عقبة Governor of Kufa (died 680), SA |
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| أم كلثوم بنت عقبة Companion (Sahabiyyah) of Muhammad (c.610–654), SA |
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