Yakibu Surname
Approximately 824 people bear this surname
Yakibu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 808 | 1:219,236 | 12,962 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Yakibu (181) may also be a first name.
Yakibu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yakibu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yakibu is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakibu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 420,906th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,844,109 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Yakibu are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yakibu is also the 677,199th most widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 181 people.
Yakibu is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 808 people, or 1 in 219,236. In Nigeria Yakibu is most common in: Kogi, where 81 percent are found, Ondo, where 7 percent are found and Ekiti, where 6 percent are found. Beside Nigeria Yakibu is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yakibou | 92 | 17 | / |
| Yakuibu | 92 | 5 | / |
| Uyiakibu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Yakuibou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Yakubu | 83 | 822,155 | / |
| Yakebu | 83 | 2,130 | / |
| Yakybu | 83 | 39 | / |
| Yakivu | 83 | 4 | / |
| Jakibu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yaakubu | 77 | 46 | / |
| Yakubuu | 77 | 44 | / |
| Yahkubu | 77 | 39 | / |
| Yakuubu | 77 | 23 | / |
| Yakkubu | 77 | 19 | / |
| Yakubui | 77 | 16 | / |
| Yakubuh | 77 | 13 | / |
| Yajkubu | 77 | 6 | / |
| Yakhubu | 77 | 5 | / |
| Yaqkubu | 77 | 5 | / |
| Yakubau | 77 | 4 | / |
| Yakubuj | 77 | 4 | / |
| Yiakubu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Hyakubu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Yakuybu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jyakubu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yahakubu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yacoibou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jakubu | 67 | 59 | / |
| Yokubu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Iakubu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Iakebu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yaaaaakubu | 63 | 1 | / |
| Eaqibuh | 62 | 1 | / |
| Yacoybou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Yacouybou | 53 | 5 | / |
| Jakubů | 50 | 298 | / |
| Jacubu | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Yakibu
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