Yaacob Surname
Approximately 8,248 people bear this surname
Yaacob Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 8,044 | 1:3,667 | 549 |
| United Arab Emirates | 68 | 1:134,739 | 11,022 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Philippines | 25 | 1:4,049,529 | 157,830 |
| Australia | 20 | 1:1,349,785 | 70,688 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| Thailand | 14 | 1:5,045,596 | 363,835 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| Brunei | 3 | 1:139,577 | 3,009 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
The alternate forms: Yaácob (1) are calculated separately.
Yaacob (3,061) may also be a first name.
Yaacob Demographics
Average Yaacob Salary in
United States
$38,500 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Yaacob Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yaacob Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yaacob is most common in Malaysia. It can also occur as a variant: Yaácob. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaacob? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 60,984th most widespread family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 883,553 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Yaacob reside; 98 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 98 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 130,461st most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 3,061 people.
The last name is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is carried by 8,044 people, or 1 in 3,667. In Malaysia Yaacob is most prevalent in: Kelantan, where 35 percent live, Selangor, where 17 percent live and Terengganu, where 7 percent live. Besides Malaysia it exists in 21 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent live and Singapore, where 0 percent live.
Yaacob Last Name Statistics demography
Yaacob earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.77% less than the national average, earning $38,500 USD per year.
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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 Yaacob
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