El Yacouby Surname

691,116th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 428 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United Arab Emirates
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

El Yacouby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Yacouby Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United Arab Emirates3341:27,4323,057
Mauritania861:47,6153,531
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Palestine11:4,548,84918,388
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

El Yacouby Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El Yacouby Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname El Yacouby (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻴﻌﻘﻮﺑﻲ) is carried by more people in The United Arab Emirates than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name El Yacouby? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 691,116th most prevalent family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 17,026,976 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 79 percent of El Yacouby live; 79 percent live in West Asia and 79 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.

It is most frequently occurring in The United Arab Emirates, where it is carried by 334 people, or 1 in 27,432. In The United Arab Emirates it is primarily concentrated in: Ras al-Khaimah, where 44 percent reside, Abu Dhabi, where 20 percent reside and Ajman, where 11 percent reside. Aside from The United Arab Emirates this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 20 percent reside and Tunisia, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Yaacouby9519/
El Yacoubi904,608/
El Yacouba9070/
El-Yacouby903/
El Yakouby903/
El Yaacoubi861,496/
El Yaakouby867/
El Yahcoubi865/
El Yaccoubi862/
El Yacobi843/
El Jacoby841/
El Yakoubi803,526/
El Yaqoubi80240/
El-Yacoubi8016/
El Yazoubi804/
El Yakouba802/
El Yaacobi801/
El Yaakoby801/
El Yaakoubi764,122/
El Yaaqoubi76515/
El Yahkoubi764/
El Yaâkoubi763/
El Yaakoube762/
El-Yaakouby761/
El-Yaacoubi761/
El Yakobi742/
El Yaqobi741/
El Yaakkoubi73136/
El Jakoubi702/
El-Yakoubi702/
El Yaakobi701/
El-Yaakoubi6716/
El Yaakabi60138/
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El Yacouby Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Yacouby in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻴﻌﻘﻮﺑﻲalyqwby88.46
ﺍﻟﻴﻌﻘﻮﺑﻰalyqwby7.69
ﺍﻟﻴﻌﻘﻮﻳﻲalyqwyy3.85

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to El Yacouby
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