Yahqub Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Yahqub Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 40 | 1:4,428,569 | 120,862 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
Yahqub (35) may also be a first name.
Yahqub Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yahqub Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yahqub occurs most in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yahqub? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yahqub is the 2,909,720th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Yahqub live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most prevalent forename at a global level, borne by 35 people.
It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 40 people, or 1 in 4,428,569. In Nigeria Yahqub is mostly found in: Kogi, where 23 percent are found, Lagos, where 20 percent are found and Kwara, where 15 percent are found. Beside Nigeria Yahqub is found in one country. It is also common in Pakistan, where 11 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Yahqub
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