Yakubu Surname

666th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 822,155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Yakubu Surname User-submission:

Arabic and Assyrian/Chaldean: From a variant of the Arabic and Syrian personal name 'Yaʿqūb' 'Jacob' (see 'Yaqub')

Americanized form of Slovak, Czech, or Ashkenazic '

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Yakubu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria749,0811:23621
Ghana67,4011:40147
Tanzania2,4481:21,6262,685
Cameroon1,2871:16,1382,206
Egypt3051:301,42919,796
England2731:204,09517,723
Somalia2451:54,9062,420
United States2351:1,542,378104,414
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
DR Congo1231:600,64745,387
Uganda821:476,08927,837
India541:14,204,914239,375
Canada521:708,56956,910
United Arab Emirates391:234,93015,673
Iceland361:10,558998
Scotland301:178,4619,900
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
South Africa261:2,083,75892,464
Papua New Guinea251:326,14943,617
Brazil171:12,592,608246,358
Kenya151:3,078,66038,128
Cyprus141:63,2056,078
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
Wales101:309,45316,869
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Burkina Faso101:1,835,21014,348
Sudan91:4,167,7995,799
Libya91:693,7751,982
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Niger81:2,399,00243,750
Israel81:1,069,70462,476
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Poland71:5,429,821146,768
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
France31:22,140,907385,998
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814

Yakubu (476,877) may also be a first name.

Yakubu Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Arabic and Assyrian/Chaldean: From a variant of the Arabic and Syrian personal name 'Yaʿqūb' 'Jacob' (see 'Yaqub')

Americanized form of Slovak, Czech, or Ashkenazic 'Jakub' 'Jacob'

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Yakubu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yakubu (Hindi: याकूबू, Marathi: याकुबुहा, Oriya: ୟାକୁବୁ, Russian: Якубу) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yakubu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 666th most common surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 8,864 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yakubu live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,121st most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 476,877 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 749,081 people, or 1 in 236. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Bauchi, where 11 percent reside, Kano, where 10 percent reside and Kaduna, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it exists in 70 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 8 percent reside and Tanzania, where 0 percent reside.

Yakubu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Muslim (67%) in Kenya and Muslim (78%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those bearing the Yakubu last name are 37.25% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 90.48% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Yakubu earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 3.69% less than the national average, earning R 228,864 per year; in United States they earn 1.73% more than the national average, earning $43,894 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.85% less than the national average, earning $41,310 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Yakubu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yakubu in the Hindi language
याकूबूyakubu-
Yakubu in the Oriya language
ୟାକୁବୁyakubu-
Yakubu in the Marathi language
याकुबुहाyakubuha-
Yakubu in the Russian language
Якубуakubu-

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