Yakuk Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Yakuk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 25 | 1:7,085,710 | 162,099 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yakuk (82) may also be a first name.
Yakuk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yakuk Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yakuk (Hindi: याकूक, Marathi: याकुक, Russian: Якук) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakuk? popularity and diffusion
Yakuk is the 3,017,195th most frequently held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. The last name Yakuk is mostly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Yakuk live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,060,447th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 82 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 7,085,710. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Plateau, where 56 percent reside, Kano, where 36 percent reside and Kaduna, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria Yakuk exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent reside and India, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yakouk | 91 | 2 | / |
| Yakkuk | 91 | 1 | / |
| Yatkhuk | 83 | 2 | / |
| Yacuk | 80 | 109 | / |
| Yakok | 80 | 88 | / |
| Yakuc | 80 | 21 | / |
| Yakuq | 80 | 11 | / |
| Jakuk | 80 | 9 | / |
| Iakuk | 80 | 4 | / |
| Yackuuck | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yagkug | 73 | 474 | / |
| Yacukz | 73 | 16 | / |
| Oyokuk | 73 | 4 | / |
| Yakugh | 73 | 4 | / |
| Yackug | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hyokuk | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jatkuk | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yakhok | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jeakuk | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yakoug | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yatcuk | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yashchkuk | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yakough | 67 | 177 | / |
| Yaakugh | 67 | 98 | / |
| Yashcuk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iakusck | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yagkeug | 67 | 1 | / |
Yakuk Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yakuk in the Marathi language | ||
| याकुक | yakuka | 83.33 |
| याकूक | yakuka | 16.67 |
| Yakuk in the Hindi language | ||
| याकूक | yakuka | 50 |
| याकुक | yakuka | 33.33 |
| याकूक् | yakuk | 16.67 |
| Yakuk in the Russian language | ||
| Якук | akuk | - |
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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 Yakuk
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