Yacoub Surname
Approximately 123,515 people bear this surname
Yacoub Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 27,153 | 1:1,290 | 185 |
| Chad | 26,093 | 1:521 | 58 |
| Yemen | 11,672 | 1:2,264 | 350 |
| Egypt | 11,044 | 1:8,324 | 1,018 |
| Sudan | 9,520 | 1:3,940 | 571 |
| Jordan | 8,800 | 1:1,005 | 147 |
| Lebanon | 6,428 | 1:877 | 160 |
| Syria | 5,479 | 1:3,523 | 416 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3,783 | 1:2,422 | 299 |
| Palestine | 3,205 | 1:1,419 | 256 |
| United States | 1,812 | 1:200,033 | 19,680 |
| Niger | 1,184 | 1:16,209 | 1,079 |
| Algeria | 1,050 | 1:36,792 | 6,677 |
| Mauritania | 827 | 1:4,951 | 594 |
| Morocco | 750 | 1:45,968 | 7,487 |
| Sweden | 613 | 1:16,063 | 1,369 |
| Canada | 584 | 1:63,092 | 7,380 |
| Kuwait | 482 | 1:7,885 | 1,093 |
| Djibouti | 424 | 1:2,158 | 210 |
| Australia | 367 | 1:73,558 | 8,644 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| France | 245 | 1:271,113 | 41,730 |
| England | 206 | 1:270,476 | 21,309 |
| Brazil | 138 | 1:1,551,263 | 51,554 |
| Burkina Faso | 137 | 1:133,957 | 3,629 |
| Venezuela | 120 | 1:251,701 | 6,224 |
| Tunisia | 114 | 1:5,356 | 862 |
| Cameroon | 111 | 1:187,109 | 19,561 |
| Germany | 109 | 1:738,582 | 55,640 |
| Oman | 94 | 1:39,234 | 2,613 |
| Netherlands | 77 | 1:219,314 | 29,463 |
| Belgium | 73 | 1:157,488 | 21,805 |
| Qatar | 50 | 1:47,160 | 4,880 |
| Benin | 46 | 1:224,687 | 20,522 |
| Switzerland | 39 | 1:210,588 | 18,223 |
| Spain | 39 | 1:1,198,770 | 41,125 |
| Indonesia | 35 | 1:3,778,548 | 197,284 |
| Senegal | 33 | 1:441,798 | 2,028 |
| Italy | 26 | 1:2,352,180 | 93,058 |
| New Zealand | 25 | 1:181,133 | 19,287 |
| Argentina | 20 | 1:2,137,171 | 104,027 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| Tanzania | 14 | 1:3,781,544 | 51,645 |
| Israel | 13 | 1:658,280 | 45,106 |
| Denmark | 12 | 1:470,393 | 30,183 |
| Finland | 11 | 1:499,700 | 30,478 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Bahrain | 9 | 1:149,845 | 5,469 |
| Libya | 9 | 1:693,775 | 1,982 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Honduras | 7 | 1:1,259,492 | 5,127 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Guyana | 7 | 1:108,889 | 7,175 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Puerto Rico | 5 | 1:710,028 | 4,074 |
| Austria | 5 | 1:1,703,087 | 89,702 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Yacoub (76,284) may also be a first name.
Yacoub Demographics
Yacoub Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Yacoub Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yacoub Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yacoub (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻌﻘﻮﺏ) occurs more in Iraq more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yacoub? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,558th most widely held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 59,001 people. Yacoub is mostly found in Asia, where 55 percent of Yacoub are found; 55 percent are found in West Asia and 41 percent are found in Levant. Yacoub is also the 12,884th most common forename globally, held by 76,284 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Iraq, where it is carried by 27,153 people, or 1 in 1,290. Without taking into account Iraq this last name is found in 95 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 21 percent reside and Yemen, where 9 percent reside.
Yacoub Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Yacoub surname is predominantly Maronite (33%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Yacoub last name are 8.63% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.4% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Yacoub earn in different countries varies notably. In Italy they earn 40.27% more than the national average, earning €42,122 per year; in United States they earn 20.08% more than the national average, earning $51,812 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.69% more than the national average, earning $58,970 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yacoub Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yacoub in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﻌﻘﻮﺏ | yqwb | 99.67 |
| ﻳﻘﻮﺏ | yqwb | 0.19 |
| ﻳﻐﻘﻮﺏ | yghqwb | 0.05 |
| ﻳﻌﻘﻮﺑﺎ | yqwba | 0.05 |
| ﺑﻌﻘﻮﺏ | bqwb | 0.05 |
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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
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