Yaakoub Surname
Approximately 664 people bear this surname
Yaakoub Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 273 | 1:126,286 | 22,036 |
| Algeria | 145 | 1:266,424 | 27,662 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Spain | 17 | 1:2,750,120 | 61,567 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| Brazil | 14 | 1:15,291,024 | 280,658 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| Tunisia | 7 | 1:87,232 | 13,677 |
| Lebanon | 6 | 1:939,514 | 16,645 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
Yaakoub (1,343) may also be a first name.
Yaakoub Demographics
Average Yaakoub Salary in
United States
$29,562 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Yaakoub Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yaakoub Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yaakoub (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻌﻘﻮﺏ) occurs in Morocco more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaakoub? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 496,702nd most prevalent surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 10,975,220 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Yaakoub reside; 82 percent reside in North Africa and 64 percent reside in Mahgreb. Yaakoub is also the 214,276th most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 1,343 people.
This last name is most frequent in Morocco, where it is borne by 273 people, or 1 in 126,286. Aside from Morocco this surname exists in 22 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 22 percent live and Egypt, where 18 percent live.
Yaakoub Last Name Statistics demography
Yaakoub earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 31.49% less than the national average, earning $29,562 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yaakoub Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yaakoub in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﻌﻘﻮﺏ | yqwb | - |
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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
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- 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 Yaakoub
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