El Yacouby Surname
Approximately 428 people bear this surname
El Yacouby Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Arab Emirates | 334 | 1:27,432 | 3,057 |
| Mauritania | 86 | 1:47,615 | 3,531 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
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) occurs more in The United Arab Emirates more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name El Yacouby? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 691,116th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,026,976 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 79 percent of El Yacouby are found; 79 percent are found in West Asia and 79 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula.
This surname is most widespread in The United Arab Emirates, where it is held by 334 people, or 1 in 27,432. In The United Arab Emirates it is primarily found in: Ras al-Khaimah, where 44 percent reside, Abu Dhabi, where 20 percent reside and Ajman, where 11 percent reside. Besides 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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Yaacouby | 95 | 19 | / |
| El Yacoubi | 90 | 4,608 | / |
| El Yacouba | 90 | 70 | / |
| El-Yacouby | 90 | 3 | / |
| El Yakouby | 90 | 3 | / |
| El Yaacoubi | 86 | 1,496 | / |
| El Yaakouby | 86 | 7 | / |
| El Yahcoubi | 86 | 5 | / |
| El Yaccoubi | 86 | 2 | / |
| El Yacobi | 84 | 3 | / |
| El Jacoby | 84 | 1 | / |
| El Yakoubi | 80 | 3,526 | / |
| El Yaqoubi | 80 | 240 | / |
| El-Yacoubi | 80 | 16 | / |
| El Yazoubi | 80 | 4 | / |
| El Yakouba | 80 | 2 | / |
| El Yaacobi | 80 | 1 | / |
| El Yaakoby | 80 | 1 | / |
| El Yaakoubi | 76 | 4,122 | / |
| El Yaaqoubi | 76 | 515 | / |
| El Yahkoubi | 76 | 4 | / |
| El Yaâkoubi | 76 | 3 | / |
| El Yaakoube | 76 | 2 | / |
| El-Yaakouby | 76 | 1 | / |
| El-Yaacoubi | 76 | 1 | / |
| El Yakobi | 74 | 2 | / |
| El Yaqobi | 74 | 1 | / |
| El Yaakkoubi | 73 | 136 | / |
| El Jakoubi | 70 | 2 | / |
| El-Yakoubi | 70 | 2 | / |
| El Yaakobi | 70 | 1 | / |
| El-Yaakoubi | 67 | 16 | / |
| El Yaakabi | 60 | 138 | / |
El Yacouby Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| El Yacouby in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻴﻌﻘﻮﺑﻲ | alyqwby | 88.46 |
| ﺍﻟﻴﻌﻘﻮﺑﻰ | alyqwby | 7.69 |
| ﺍﻟﻴﻌﻘﻮﻳﻲ | alyqwyy | 3.85 |
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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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