Surname أخبار (Akhbar 
, أخبار 
) , in the world, is quite a common last name. The cognomen أخبار is characteristic of South-eastern Asia, particularly Malaysia, where it is quite a rare surname, Singapore, where it is a rare surname, and Indonesia. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Pakistan. Likewise, أخبار is the forename as well as the last name.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Akhbar | Morocco, Pakistan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia |
| أخبار | Morocco, Iraq, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Algeria |