Yacqub Surname
Approximately 2,237 people bear this surname
Yacqub Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 2,059 | 1:6,533 | 524 |
| Somaliland | 168 | 1:20,834 | 879 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Yacqub (1,224) may also be a first name.
Yacqub Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yacqub Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yacqub is held by more people in Somalia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yacqub? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 188,934th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 3,257,732 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yacqub reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 226,170th most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 1,224 people.
The surname Yacqub is most common in Somalia, where it is borne by 2,059 people, or 1 in 6,533. Apart from Somalia this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Somaliland, where 8 percent live and Qatar, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yaqub | 91 | 52,997 | / |
| Yaaqub | 83 | 8,130 | / |
| Yahqub | 83 | 45 | / |
| Yaqueb | 83 | 39 | / |
| Yakqub | 83 | 14 | / |
| Ya'qub | 83 | 12 | / |
| Yaqqub | 83 | 7 | / |
| Yoaqub | 83 | 3 | / |
| Yasqub | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yaqubs | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yaqb | 80 | 14 | / |
| Yahaqub | 77 | 16 | / |
| Jaqub | 73 | 1,681 | / |
| Yoqub | 73 | 55 | / |
| Yaqwb | 73 | 45 | / |
| Yaqup | 73 | 23 | / |
| Yaquf | 73 | 16 | / |
| Yaacb | 73 | 9 | / |
| Yaquv | 73 | 7 | / |
| Yaqqb | 73 | 4 | / |
| Yaqeb | 73 | 2 | / |
| Jacqb | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yahqb | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yaqubova | 71 | 7,211 | / |
| Yooqub | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jacquf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yaaqwb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yaqccb | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Yacqub
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