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) is borne by more people in Morocco than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaakoub? popularity and diffusion
It is the 496,702nd most commonly occurring surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 10,975,220 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 82 percent of Yaakoub are found; 82 percent are found in North Africa and 64 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 214,276th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 1,343 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Morocco, where it is held by 273 people, or 1 in 126,286. Barring Morocco this last name exists in 22 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 22 percent reside and Egypt, where 18 percent reside.
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
- 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 Yaakoub
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