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 borne by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakouba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yakouba is the 55,746th most widespread family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 800,302 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Yakouba are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 69 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Yakouba is also the 36,790th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 20,754 people.
The surname Yakouba is most frequent in Niger, where it is borne by 4,975 people, or 1 in 3,858. In Niger it is mostly found in: Zinder Region, where 41 percent reside, Maradi Region, where 22 percent reside and Tahoua Region, where 17 percent reside. Excluding Niger it occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 20 percent reside and Togo, where 17 percent reside.
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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