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
Yakou (Hindi: याकूब) occurs more in Niger more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 199,994th most frequently held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 3,490,204 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Yakou reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 206,516th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 1,428 people.
It is most common in Niger, where it is carried by 662 people, or 1 in 28,991. In Niger Yakou is mostly found in: Zinder Region, where 45 percent are found, Maradi Region, where 34 percent are found and Tahoua Region, where 11 percent are found. Beside Niger this surname exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 28 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 27 percent are found.
Yakou Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Yakou surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% being registered with the 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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