Ya'cob Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Ya'cob Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 40 | 1:737,356 | 34,564 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Ya'cob (48) may also be a first name.
Ya'cob Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ya'cob Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ya'cob has its highest incidence in Malaysia. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ya'cob? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,944,094th most frequent family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Ya'cob live; 100 percent live in Southeast Asia and 98 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,448,253rd most frequently used forename in the world It is held by 48 people.
The surname Ya'cob is most prevalent in Malaysia, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 737,356. In Malaysia it is most prevalent in: Johor, where 40 percent reside, Kelantan, where 33 percent reside and Pahang, where 10 percent reside. Not including Malaysia this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 7 percent reside and Singapore, where 2 percent reside.
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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'cob
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