Yakoub Surname
Approximately 8,341 people bear this surname
Yakoub Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 3,589 | 1:10,764 | 1,865 |
| Egypt | 2,166 | 1:42,445 | 4,283 |
| Chad | 867 | 1:15,677 | 1,955 |
| Tanzania | 345 | 1:153,454 | 13,882 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Somaliland | 210 | 1:16,668 | 804 |
| Sweden | 185 | 1:53,226 | 4,114 |
| France | 129 | 1:514,905 | 71,423 |
| United States | 107 | 1:3,387,467 | 192,132 |
| Niger | 78 | 1:246,052 | 7,845 |
| Cameroon | 64 | 1:324,517 | 29,689 |
| Belgium | 42 | 1:273,730 | 32,801 |
| Mauritania | 38 | 1:107,760 | 6,553 |
| Netherlands | 28 | 1:603,113 | 52,179 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| Syria | 13 | 1:1,484,694 | 8,122 |
| Tunisia | 12 | 1:50,886 | 6,752 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 1:4,314,868 | 39,591 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 1:16,528 | 1,436 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
Yakoub (6,523) may also be a first name.
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Yakoub Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yakoub Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yakoub (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻌﻘﻮﺏ, Hindi: याकूब) is found most in Algeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Yakoub.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakoub? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 60,407th most frequently occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 873,702 people. Yakoub is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Yakoub live; 69 percent live in North Africa and 43 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 81,222nd most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 6,523 people.
The surname Yakoub is most commonly occurring in Algeria, where it is borne by 3,589 people, or 1 in 10,764. In Algeria Yakoub is mostly found in: Algiers Province, where 18 percent live, Mila Province, where 18 percent live and Sétif Province, where 10 percent live. Beside Algeria it occurs in 60 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 26 percent live and Chad, where 10 percent live.
Yakoub Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Yakoub surname are 5.61% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 52.38% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Yakoub earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 20.27% more than the national average, earning $51,894 USD per year and in Canada they earn 31.06% less than the national average, earning $34,253 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yakoub Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yakoub in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﻌﻘﻮﺏ | yqwb | 99.07 |
| ﻳﺎﻋﻘﻮﺏ | yaqwb | 0.93 |
| Yakoub in the Hindi language | ||
| याकूब | yakuba | 75 |
| याकूुब | yakuuba | 25 |
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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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- 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 Yakoub
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