Yaakop Surname
Approximately 307 people bear this surname
Yaakop Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 288 | 1:102,411 | 6,993 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yaakop (245) may also be a first name.
Yaakop Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yaakop Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yaakop (Russian: Яакоп) occurs more in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Yaakop.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaakop? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yaakop is the 878,878th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,737,935 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Yaakop reside; 98 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 94 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 570,604th most frequently used given name at a global level, borne by 245 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Malaysia, where it is borne by 288 people, or 1 in 102,411. In Malaysia it is most frequent in: Selangor, where 31 percent live, Perak, where 13 percent live and Penang, where 11 percent live. Not including Malaysia Yaakop is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Singapore, where 4 percent live and Benin, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yaakop Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yaakop in the Russian language | ||
| Яакоп | aakop | - |
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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 Yaakop
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