Yakube Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Yakube Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Yakube (61) may also be a first name.
Yakube Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yakube Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yakube (Hindi: याकुबे, Marathi: याकुब) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakube? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,772,636th most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Yakube is predominantly found in Africa, where 53 percent of Yakube reside; 47 percent reside in West Africa and 47 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,257,960th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 61 people.
Yakube is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria Yakube is most frequent in: Kogi, where 50 percent reside, Bauchi, where 13 percent reside and Kaduna, where 13 percent reside. Not including Nigeria Yakube is found in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 35 percent reside and England, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yakube Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yakube in the Hindi language | ||
| याकुबे | yakube | - |
| Yakube in the Marathi language | ||
| याकुब | yakuba | - |
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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 Yakube
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