Yakoube Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Yakoube Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 40 | 1:965,789 | 42,026 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Yakoube (29) may also be a first name.
Yakoube Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yakoube Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yakoube (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻌﻘﻮﺏ) is carried by more people in Algeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakoube? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,689,253rd most frequently used surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. Yakoube occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Yakoube are found; 77 percent are found in North Africa and 77 percent are found in Mahgreb. Yakoube is also the 1,951,561st most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 29 people.
This last name is most widespread in Algeria, where it is carried by 40 people, or 1 in 965,789. Not including Algeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 13 percent reside and Mauritania, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yakoube Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yakoube in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﻌﻘﻮﺏ | yqwb | - |
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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 Yakoube
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