Yakouba Surname
Approximately 9,106 people bear this surname
Yakouba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 4,975 | 1:3,858 | 371 |
| Cameroon | 1,794 | 1:11,577 | 1,567 |
| Togo | 1,575 | 1:4,602 | 829 |
| Ivory Coast | 422 | 1:54,671 | 3,299 |
| Benin | 261 | 1:39,600 | 5,089 |
| Burkina Faso | 58 | 1:316,416 | 5,491 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Yakouba (20,754) may also be a first name.
Yakouba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yakouba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yakouba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺎﻛﻮﺑﺎ) is more commonly found in Niger than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakouba? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 55,746th most widely held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 800,302 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Yakouba live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 36,790th most frequent forename on earth. It is borne by 20,754 people.
The last name is most widespread in Niger, where it is held by 4,975 people, or 1 in 3,858. In Niger it is most numerous in: Zinder Region, where 41 percent live, Maradi Region, where 22 percent live and Tahoua Region, where 17 percent live. Beside Niger this surname occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 20 percent live and Togo, where 17 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yakouba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yakouba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﺎﻛﻮﺑﺎ | yakwba | 22.22 |
| ﻳﺎﻗﻮﺑﺎ | yaqwba | 22.22 |
| ﻳﻌﻘﻮﺑﺎ | yqwba | 22.22 |
| ﻳﻌﻘﻮﺏ | yqwb | 11.11 |
| ﻳﻘﻮﺑﺎ | yqwba | 11.11 |
| ﻳﻌﻘﻮﺑﻪ | yqwbh | 11.11 |
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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 Yakouba
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