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
The surname Yakoube (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻌﻘﻮﺏ) is found most frequently in Algeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Yakoube click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakoube? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,689,253rd most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Yakoube reside; 77 percent reside in North Africa and 77 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 1,951,561st most common first name globally, borne by 29 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Algeria, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 965,789. Excluding Algeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 13 percent are found and Mauritania, where 6 percent are found.
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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