Yaqoob Surname
Approximately 373,021 people bear this surname
Yaqoob Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 357,927 | 1:499 | 76 |
| India | 6,359 | 1:120,627 | 7,811 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3,498 | 1:8,821 | 1,232 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,330 | 1:6,889 | 885 |
| England | 1,051 | 1:53,014 | 6,493 |
| Bahrain | 764 | 1:1,765 | 263 |
| Oman | 653 | 1:5,648 | 805 |
| United States | 259 | 1:1,399,455 | 96,631 |
| Qatar | 250 | 1:9,432 | 1,032 |
| Kuwait | 241 | 1:15,771 | 2,101 |
| Canada | 124 | 1:297,142 | 27,584 |
| Nigeria | 98 | 1:1,807,579 | 65,389 |
| Thailand | 83 | 1:851,064 | 135,450 |
| Iraq | 73 | 1:479,749 | 8,022 |
| Sweden | 69 | 1:142,707 | 10,073 |
| Scotland | 36 | 1:148,717 | 8,826 |
| Norway | 23 | 1:223,578 | 24,793 |
| South Africa | 22 | 1:2,462,623 | 101,019 |
| Wales | 21 | 1:147,359 | 10,403 |
| Malaysia | 16 | 1:1,843,389 | 74,511 |
| Greece | 15 | 1:738,653 | 80,079 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| Denmark | 11 | 1:513,156 | 32,022 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 1:5,358,864 | 25,178 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
Yaqoob (58,534) may also be a first name.
Yaqoob Demographics
Average Yaqoob Salary in
United States
$49,916 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Yaqoob Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yaqoob Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yaqoob (Hindi: याकूब, Marathi: यक़ूब) occurs more in Pakistan more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaqoob? popularity and diffusion
Yaqoob is the 1,443rd most numerous surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 19,537 people. The last name Yaqoob occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Yaqoob live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Yaqoob is also the 16,181st most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 58,534 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Pakistan, where it is held by 357,927 people, or 1 in 499. In Pakistan it is primarily concentrated in: Punjab, where 70 percent live, Sindh, where 16 percent live and Balochistan, where 6 percent live. Excluding Pakistan it exists in 59 countries. It is also found in India, where 2 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 1 percent live.
Yaqoob Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Yaqoob last name are 2.03% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 55.26% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Yaqoob earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 23.12% less than the national average, earning 266,063 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 72.6% less than the national average, earning R 65,124 per year; in United States they earn 15.68% more than the national average, earning $49,916 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.65% less than the national average, earning $41,908 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yaqoob Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yaqoob in the Hindi language | ||
| याकूब | yakuba | 84.25 |
| याक़ूब | yaquba | 8.22 |
| याक़ूब | yaquba | 6.85 |
| यक़ूब | yaquba | 0.68 |
| Yaqoob in the Marathi language | ||
| यक़ूब | yaquba | 83.33 |
| याक़ूब | yaquba | 11.11 |
| याक़ुब | yaquba | 5.56 |
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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
- 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 Yaqoob
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