Yakuub Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Yakuub Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 33 | 1:5,367,962 | 136,856 |
| India | 29 | 1:26,450,530 | 346,896 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yakuub (111) may also be a first name.
Yakuub Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yakuub Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yakuub (Hindi: याकुूब) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakuub? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,273,756th most commonly held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 54 percent of Yakuub are found; 49 percent are found in West Africa and 49 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 890,531st most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 111 people.
The surname Yakuub is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 5,367,962. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Oyo, where 33 percent live, Kwara, where 18 percent live and Benue, where 12 percent live. Not including Nigeria Yakuub exists in 6 countries. It is also found in India, where 41 percent live and Somalia, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yakuub Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yakuub in the Hindi language | ||
| याकुूब | yakuuba | 50 |
| याकूुब | yakuuba | 33.33 |
| याकुुब | yakuuba | 4.17 |
| याकूूब | yakuuba | 4.17 |
| याकुब | yakuba | 4.17 |
| याकूब | yakuba | 4.17 |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Yakuub
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis