Yacouba Surname
Approximately 142,667 people bear this surname
Yacouba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 127,446 | 1:151 | 27 |
| Ivory Coast | 8,981 | 1:2,569 | 255 |
| Benin | 1,958 | 1:5,279 | 695 |
| Mali | 1,742 | 1:9,741 | 504 |
| Burkina Faso | 1,261 | 1:14,554 | 1,146 |
| Chad | 963 | 1:14,114 | 1,774 |
| Cameroon | 206 | 1:100,821 | 11,910 |
| United States | 43 | 1:8,429,278 | 367,833 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Yacouba (365,534) may also be a first name.
Yacouba Demographics
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Yacouba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yacouba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yacouba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻌﻘﻮﺏ) is borne by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of Yacouba click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yacouba? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,933rd most frequently used last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 51,081 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Yacouba are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 2,848th most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 365,534 people.
The last name is most frequent in Niger, where it is carried by 127,446 people, or 1 in 151. In Niger it is most common in: Tillabéri Region, where 27 percent are found, Maradi Region, where 18 percent are found and Tahoua Region, where 17 percent are found. Besides Niger Yacouba is found in 31 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 6 percent are found and Benin, where 1 percent are found.
Yacouba Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Yacouba last name are 3.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 57.14% registered to vote for the political party.
Yacouba earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 29.13% less than the national average, earning $30,580 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yacouba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yacouba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﻌﻘﻮﺏ | yqwb | 51.85 |
| ﻳﻌﻘﻮﺑﺎ | yqwba | 25.93 |
| ﻳﺎﻛﻮﺑﺎ | yakwba | 7.41 |
| ﻳﻌﻘﻮﺑﻪ | yqwbh | 7.41 |
| ﻳﻌﻘﻮﺑﺔ | yqwbt | 3.7 |
| ﻳﺎﻗﻮﺑﺎ | yaqwba | 2.47 |
| ﻳﺎﻗﻮﺏ | yaqwb | 1.23 |
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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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- 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 Yacouba
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