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
Average Yacouba Salary in
United States
$30,580 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Yacouba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yacouba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yacouba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻌﻘﻮﺏ) has its highest incidence in Niger. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yacouba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yacouba is the 3,933rd most widespread last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 51,081 people. Yacouba occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Yacouba are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Yacouba is also the 2,848th most frequently occurring given name in the world It is held by 365,534 people.
It is most commonly used in Niger, where it is held by 127,446 people, or 1 in 151. In Niger Yacouba is mostly found in: Tillabéri Region, where 27 percent reside, Maradi Region, where 18 percent reside and Tahoua Region, where 17 percent reside. Barring Niger Yacouba exists in 31 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 6 percent reside and Benin, where 1 percent reside.
Yacouba Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Yacouba surname are 3.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 57.14% registered to vote for the 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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- 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 Yacouba
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