Yakou Surname
Approximately 2,088 people bear this surname
Yakou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 662 | 1:28,991 | 1,657 |
| Benin | 584 | 1:17,698 | 2,388 |
| Ivory Coast | 572 | 1:40,334 | 2,610 |
| Cameroon | 107 | 1:194,103 | 20,154 |
| Papua New Guinea | 77 | 1:105,892 | 14,318 |
| United States | 48 | 1:7,551,228 | 341,161 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Yakou (1,428) may also be a first name.
Yakou Demographics
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Yakou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yakou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yakou (Hindi: याकूब) occurs more in Niger more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yakou is the 199,994th most commonly used family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 3,490,204 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Yakou live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 206,516th most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 1,428 people.
This last name is most common in Niger, where it is held by 662 people, or 1 in 28,991. In Niger Yakou is most common in: Zinder Region, where 45 percent reside, Maradi Region, where 34 percent reside and Tahoua Region, where 11 percent reside. Barring Niger this last name exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 28 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 27 percent reside.
Yakou Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Yakou are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% being registered with the political party.
Yakou earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 21.84% more than the national average, earning $52,573 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yakou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yakou in the Hindi language | ||
| याकूब | yakuba | - |
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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 Yakou
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