Yakova Surname
Approximately 1,284 people bear this surname
Yakova Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 864 | 1:8,077 | 964 |
| Russia | 274 | 1:525,997 | 47,940 |
| Ukraine | 27 | 1:1,686,026 | 128,013 |
| Belarus | 19 | 1:500,056 | 46,922 |
| Kazakhstan | 18 | 1:982,361 | 58,740 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Spain | 16 | 1:2,922,002 | 63,384 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Transnistria | 7 | 1:67,814 | 9,165 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Turkey | 6 | 1:12,970,237 | 144,247 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
Yakova Demographics
Yakova Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Yakova Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yakova Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yakova (Russian: Якова) is found in Bulgaria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Yakova.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakova? popularity and diffusion
It is the 296,943rd most frequent family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,675,659 people. Yakova occurs mostly in Europe, where 88 percent of Yakova live; 68 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 67 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
It is most frequent in Bulgaria, where it is held by 864 people, or 1 in 8,077. In Bulgaria Yakova is most common in: Plovdiv Province, where 18 percent are found, Sofia City Province, where 18 percent are found and Blagoevgrad Province, where 12 percent are found. Aside from Bulgaria it occurs in 20 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 21 percent are found and Ukraine, where 2 percent are found.
Yakova Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Orthodox (83%) in Ukraine.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yakova Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yakova in the Russian language | ||
| Якова | akova | - |
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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 Yakova
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