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
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Yakob Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yakob Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yakob (Bengali: যাকোব, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻌﻘﻮﺏ, Hindi: याकूब, Marathi: याकोब, Oriya: ଯାେକାବ, Russian: Якоб) occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakob? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 21,480th most frequently occurring last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 287,251 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 74 percent of Yakob reside; 71 percent reside in East Africa and 71 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 33,087th most widely held first name globally It is held by 23,945 people.
It is most frequently held in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 18,030 people, or 1 in 5,410. Beside Ethiopia it is found in 63 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 12 percent live and Ukraine, where 4 percent live.
Yakob Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Yakob last name is predominantly Orthodox (85%) in Russia and Orthodox (88%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Yakob surname are 10.37% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US 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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- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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