Yakob Surname
Approximately 25,370 people bear this surname
Yakob Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 18,030 | 1:5,410 | 861 |
| Indonesia | 2,923 | 1:45,244 | 5,138 |
| Ukraine | 967 | 1:47,076 | 6,831 |
| Russia | 740 | 1:194,761 | 21,529 |
| Malaysia | 505 | 1:58,404 | 4,429 |
| Thailand | 385 | 1:183,476 | 30,050 |
| Egypt | 336 | 1:273,618 | 18,414 |
| Morocco | 273 | 1:126,286 | 22,036 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Sweden | 184 | 1:53,515 | 4,137 |
| Brunei | 113 | 1:3,706 | 615 |
| India | 97 | 1:7,907,891 | 167,329 |
| United States | 95 | 1:3,815,357 | 209,650 |
| Papua New Guinea | 77 | 1:105,892 | 14,318 |
| Moldova | 50 | 1:71,227 | 9,458 |
| Turkmenistan | 37 | 1:148,354 | 3,025 |
| Kazakhstan | 37 | 1:477,905 | 35,586 |
| Pakistan | 31 | 1:5,762,706 | 35,301 |
| Philippines | 28 | 1:3,615,651 | 151,287 |
| Bulgaria | 27 | 1:258,478 | 13,520 |
| Australia | 27 | 1:999,841 | 58,390 |
| Uzbekistan | 22 | 1:1,405,870 | 25,726 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Guyana | 13 | 1:58,632 | 4,970 |
| Serbia | 11 | 1:649,541 | 22,440 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Somalia | 9 | 1:1,494,673 | 3,608 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| United Arab Emirates | 7 | 1:1,308,896 | 51,006 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Hungary | 4 | 1:2,454,069 | 61,891 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Transnistria | 2 | 1:237,350 | 16,204 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Yakob (23,945) may also be a first name.
Yakob Demographics
Average Yakob Salary in
United States
$47,070 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Yakob Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yakob Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yakob (Bengali: যাকোব, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻌﻘﻮﺏ, Hindi: याकूब, Marathi: याकोब, Oriya: ଯାେକାବ, Russian: Якоб) is found in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakob? popularity and diffusion
Yakob is the 21,480th most commonly used family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 287,251 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 74 percent of Yakob live; 71 percent live in East Africa and 71 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 33,087th most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 23,945 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Ethiopia, where it is held by 18,030 people, or 1 in 5,410. Barring Ethiopia Yakob occurs in 63 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 12 percent reside and Ukraine, where 4 percent reside.
Yakob Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Yakob last name is primarily Orthodox (85%) in Russia and Orthodox (88%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Yakob last name are 10.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.14% registered with the political party.
The amount Yakob earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 74.03% less than the national average, earning R 61,716 per year; in United States they earn 9.09% more than the national average, earning $47,070 USD per year and in Canada they earn 45.78% less than the national average, earning $26,936 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yakob Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yakob in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﻌﻘﻮﺏ | yqwb | - |
| Yakob in the Bengali language | ||
| যাকোব | yakoba | - |
| Yakob in the Marathi language | ||
| याकोब | yakoba | 96.15 |
| याकोबा | yakoba | 1.47 |
| याकुब | yakuba | 0.55 |
| यकोब | yakoba | 0.55 |
| याकूब | yakuba | 0.18 |
| यहोब | yahoba | 0.18 |
| Yakob in the Hindi language | ||
| याकूब | yakuba | 66.67 |
| याकोब | yakoba | 33.33 |
| Yakob in the Oriya language | ||
| ଯାେକାବ | yaekaba | 66.67 |
| ୟାେକାବ | yaekaba | 33.33 |
| Yakob in the Russian language | ||
| Якоб | akob | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Yakob
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