Yaacub Surname
Approximately 154 people bear this surname
Yaacub Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 145 | 1:203,408 | 11,963 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yaacub (74) may also be a first name.
Yaacub Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yaacub Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yaacub is found most in Malaysia. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaacub? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,409,418th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 47,321,727 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Yaacub reside; 96 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 95 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,125,792nd most numerous first name on earth It is held by 74 people.
Yaacub is most numerous in Malaysia, where it is borne by 145 people, or 1 in 203,408. In Malaysia it is mostly concentrated in: Kelantan, where 17 percent are found, Selangor, where 13 percent are found and Kedah, where 12 percent are found. Besides Malaysia Yaacub exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 3 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Yaacub
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