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 last name Yacouba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻌﻘﻮﺏ) occurs most in Niger. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Yacouba.
How Common Is The Last Name Yacouba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,933rd most widespread family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 51,081 people. The last name Yacouba is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Yacouba live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Chadic Africa. Yacouba is also the 2,848th most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 365,534 people.
Yacouba is most frequent in Niger, where it is borne by 127,446 people, or 1 in 151. In Niger it is mostly found 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 this last name exists in 31 countries. It is also common 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 holding 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 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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