Yakovskaya Surname

1,573,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 130 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Transnistria

Yakovskaya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yakovskaya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia1161:1,242,44090,032
Belarus111:863,73365,346
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786

Yakovskaya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yakovskaya Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Yakovskaya (Russian: Яковская) is carried by more people in Russia than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yakovskaya? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,573,888th most numerous family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 56,058,046 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Yakovskaya are found; 88 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 88 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

The last name is most commonly used in Russia, where it is borne by 116 people, or 1 in 1,242,440. In Russia Yakovskaya is mostly found in: Kaluga Oblast, where 23 percent live, Moscow, where 17 percent live and Moscow Oblast, where 16 percent live. Other than Russia this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Belarus, where 8 percent live and Kazakhstan, where 1 percent live.

Yakovskaya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Yakovskaya last name is primarily Orthodox (62%) in Russia.

In The United States Yakovskaya are 24.06% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 70.83% being registered to vote for the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Yakovskaya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yakovskaya in the Russian language
Яковскаяakovskaa-

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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
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  • 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 Yakovskaya
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