Yakhoub Surname
Approximately 12,256 people bear this surname
Yakhoub Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 12,228 | 1:1,112 | 210 |
| Niger | 25 | 1:767,681 | 17,983 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Yakhoub (5,141) may also be a first name.
Yakhoub Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yakhoub Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yakhoub (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻌﻘﻮﺏ) is carried by more people in Chad than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakhoub? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 42,501st most prevalent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 594,610 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yakhoub live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Chadic Africa. Yakhoub is also the 94,543rd most frequently used first name in the world, held by 5,141 people.
The surname is most frequent in Chad, where it is carried by 12,228 people, or 1 in 1,112. Outside of Chad this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 0 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yakhoub Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yakhoub in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﻌﻘﻮﺏ | yqwb | 93.75 |
| ﻳﺎﻛﻮﺏ | yakwb | 6.25 |
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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 Yakhoub
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