Ya'acob Surname
Approximately 309 people bear this surname
Ya'acob Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 295 | 1:99,980 | 6,858 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Ya'acob (256) may also be a first name.
Ya'acob Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ya'acob Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ya'acob is held by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Ya'acob click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ya'acob? popularity and diffusion
Ya'acob is the 874,560th most frequently occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,584,291 people. Ya'acob is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Ya'acob are found; 100 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 95 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 556,659th most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 256 people.
This surname is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is carried by 295 people, or 1 in 99,980. In Malaysia Ya'acob is most numerous in: Kelantan, where 37 percent live, Selangor, where 18 percent live and Terengganu, where 14 percent live. Apart from Malaysia this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Singapore, where 4 percent live and The Philippines, where 0 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Ya'acob
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