Yakuba Surname
Approximately 15,528 people bear this surname
Yakuba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 11,480 | 1:15,431 | 1,511 |
| Ukraine | 2,005 | 1:22,705 | 3,215 |
| Russia | 1,710 | 1:84,282 | 10,612 |
| Kazakhstan | 104 | 1:170,024 | 16,548 |
| India | 39 | 1:19,668,343 | 291,059 |
| Belarus | 38 | 1:250,028 | 29,656 |
| England | 24 | 1:2,321,586 | 86,519 |
| Indonesia | 23 | 1:5,749,965 | 259,967 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 9 | 1:663,628 | 45,718 |
| Chile | 7 | 1:2,516,639 | 33,195 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
Yakuba (11,707) may also be a first name.
Yakuba Demographics
Yakuba Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Yakuba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yakuba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yakuba (Arabic: يعقوبا, Hindi: याकूबा, Marathi: याकुबा, Oriya: ୟାକୁବ, Russian: Якуба) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Yakuba click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakuba? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 34,138th most widely held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 469,316 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 74 percent of Yakuba reside; 74 percent reside in West Africa and 74 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 55,116th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 11,707 people.
Yakuba is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 11,480 people, or 1 in 15,431. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Katsina, where 20 percent reside, Zamfara, where 14 percent reside and Sokoto, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Yakuba is found in 31 countries. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 13 percent reside and Russia, where 11 percent reside.
Yakuba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Yakuba surname is principally Orthodox (91%) in Russia, Muslim (89%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (88%) in Ukraine.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yakuba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yakuba in the Oriya language | ||
| ୟାକୁବ | yakuba | - |
| Yakuba in the Hindi language | ||
| याकूबा | yakuba | 66.67 |
| यकूबा | yakuba | 16.67 |
| याकूब | yakuba | 8.33 |
| याकुबा | yakuba | 8.33 |
| Yakuba in the Marathi language | ||
| याकुबा | yakuba | 66.07 |
| याकुब | yakuba | 19.64 |
| याकूबा | yakuba | 5.36 |
| याकूब | yakuba | 3.57 |
| यकूबा | yakuba | 1.79 |
| यकुबा | yakuba | 1.79 |
| आकुब | akuba | 1.79 |
| Yakuba in the Russian language | ||
| Якуба | akuba | - |
| Yakuba in the Arabic language | ||
| يعقوبا | yqwba | - |
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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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- 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 Yakuba
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