Yakba Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Yakba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Yakba (442) may also be a first name.
Yakba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yakba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yakba (Marathi: याकबा, Russian: Якба) is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yakba is the 4,206,983rd most commonly held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yakba reside; 64 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Yakba is also the 407,699th most frequently occurring forename internationally. It is borne by 442 people.
Yakba is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 989,003. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: North Region, where 52 percent are found, Adamawa Region, where 29 percent are found and Far North Region, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon it occurs in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yakbah | 91 | 145 | / |
| Yakeba | 91 | 1 | / |
| Yoakba | 91 | 1 | / |
| Yakbat | 91 | 1 | / |
| Yakbach | 83 | 1 | / |
| Jakba | 80 | 13 | / |
| Iakba | 80 | 12 | / |
| Yakbe | 80 | 4 | / |
| Yakbo | 80 | 2 | / |
| Yaqba | 80 | 2 | / |
| Yaquba | 73 | 157 | / |
| Jackba | 73 | 86 | / |
| Jeakba | 73 | 3 | / |
| Yokbah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yakbey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yaaqba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yakvai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yakebi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yakebe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yokbai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hiakba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jakbaz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jakbah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jaikba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yakeby | 73 | 0 | / |
| Yaaquba | 67 | 9 | / |
| Yakhbee | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yaoucba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yakbets | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yockbai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Youokba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jakbash | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jaikbas | 67 | 1 | / |
Yakba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yakba in the Marathi language | ||
| याकबा | yakaba | - |
| Yakba in the Russian language | ||
| Якба | akba | - |
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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 Yakba
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