Yakbu Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Yakbu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Yakbu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria391:4,542,122122,724
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Yakbu (56) may also be a first name.

Yakbu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yakbu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Yakbu (Hindi: याकबू) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yakbu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Yakbu is the 3,055,934th most frequently held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Yakbu are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,321,957th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 56 people.

This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 4,542,122. In Nigeria Yakbu is primarily found in: Kano, where 23 percent reside, Kogi, where 18 percent reside and Niger, where 15 percent reside. Not including Nigeria Yakbu exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 2 percent reside and India, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yakebu912,130/
Yakbuu914/
Yokbu804/
Yaqubu73233/
Yokbut7356/
Jakbut739/
Jakbud734/
Iakebu731/
Jacbus551/
Yocbeu551/

Yakbu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yakbu in the Hindi language
याकबूyakabu-

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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 Yakbu
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