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) occurs more in Chad more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakhoub? popularity and diffusion
Yakhoub is the 42,501st most commonly occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 594,610 people. The last name Yakhoub is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yakhoub are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 94,543rd most commonly used forename on earth It is held by 5,141 people.
Yakhoub is most frequently held in Chad, where it is carried by 12,228 people, or 1 in 1,112. Besides Chad it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 0 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 0 percent live.
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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