Yackub Surname
Approximately 263 people bear this surname
Yackub Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 245 | 1:54,906 | 2,420 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
Yackub (63) may also be a first name.
Yackub Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yackub Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yackub is found most frequently in Somalia. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yackub? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yackub is the 980,795th most prevalent surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 27,709,300 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Yackub are found; 93 percent are found in East Africa and 93 percent are found in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 1,234,572nd most widespread first name throughout the world, held by 63 people.
The last name Yackub is most frequent in Somalia, where it is held by 245 people, or 1 in 54,906. Without taking into account Somalia Yackub exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 3 percent live and Malaysia, where 3 percent live.
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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 Yackub
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