Yaakup Surname

1,980,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Singapore

Yaakup Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yaakup Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia721:409,64221,284
Singapore171:323,98313,856

Yaakup (116) may also be a first name.

Yaakup Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yaakup Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Yaakup is found most frequently in Malaysia. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yaakup? popularity and diffusion

The last name Yaakup is the 1,980,395th most frequently occurring last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Yaakup live; 100 percent live in Southeast Asia and 81 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 868,627th most frequent first name on earth It is held by 116 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Malaysia, where it is borne by 72 people, or 1 in 409,642. In Malaysia Yaakup is primarily concentrated in: Selangor, where 40 percent reside, Sabah, where 28 percent reside and Kuala Lumpur, where 10 percent reside. Other than Malaysia this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Singapore, where 19 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yahakup928/
Ya'akup923/
Yaakoup921/
Yakup913,169/
Yaakub832,945/
Yakoup83447/
Yakkup83122/
Jaakup839/
Yackup837/
Yahkup836/
Yiakup834/
Yakuph834/
Ya'kup832/
Yakupt831/
Yaacup831/
Yagkup831/
Yaakoub77664/
Ya'akub77144/
Yackoup779/
Yaaqoup774/
Yahakub773/
Yaaakub772/
Yaakouv771/
Yaakhub771/
Yaakcub771/
Yaacoup771/
Yakub7377,905/
Jakup73191/
Yacup73179/
Yokup738/
Yakupova7119,472/
Yaakoubd7119/
Yakupowa711/
Hjyaakub711/
Yakoub678,341/
Yaakob673,295/
Yacoup67671/
Yackub67263/
Yakhub67241/
Yakoop67180/
Yaacub67154/
Yaqoup67127/
Yakkub6776/
Yakuub6770/
Yahkub6764/
Yakcub6740/
Hyakub6736/
Jakups6734/
Yakubh6715/
Ya'kub6714/
Yhacup677/
Yaqaub675/
Jackup675/
Yakubt674/
Yakuppova672/
Yakujb672/
Jaykup671/
Yiakub671/
Jakhup671/
Yakaub671/
Yakuib671/
Yacaub671/
Iaakub671/
Yakhuv671/
Yakoupova671/
Giakup671/
Jaakub671/
Jakupe671/

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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 Yaakup
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