Family name قرطبة (قرطبة 
, Córdoba 
) , around the globe, is quite a common cognomen. The last name قرطبة is habitual in Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Panama, where it is quite a common surname, Colombia, where it is quite a rare surname, and Uruguay. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Colombia, Panama, and Spain. Very seldom, قرطبة is the forename as well as the last name.