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.
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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) is found most in Niger. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yacouba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,933rd most commonly used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 51,081 people. Yacouba occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Yacouba reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Yacouba is also the 2,848th most frequently used forename in the world It is held by 365,534 people.
It is most frequently held in Niger, where it is borne by 127,446 people, or 1 in 151. In Niger Yacouba is mostly concentrated in: Tillabéri Region, where 27 percent live, Maradi Region, where 18 percent live and Tahoua Region, where 17 percent live. Besides Niger this last name is found in 31 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 6 percent live and Benin, where 1 percent live.
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 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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