Yaquba Surname

1,391,595th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 157 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Yaquba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Yaquba Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1511:1,173,13147,714
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Yaquba (219) may also be a first name.

Yaquba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yaquba (Marathi: याकुब) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yaquba? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,391,595th most frequently used family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 46,417,490 people. The surname Yaquba is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Yaquba reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 609,814th most widespread first name world-wide It is held by 219 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 151 people, or 1 in 1,173,131. In Nigeria Yaquba is mostly found in: Kano, where 28 percent live, Kaduna, where 15 percent live and Bauchi, where 13 percent live. Not including Nigeria Yaquba occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Afghanistan, where 1 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yaaquba929/
Yaqubah921/
Yaqba912/
Yaaqba831/
Yaoucba771/
Yakba7322/
Yaquehua712/
Yakbah67145/
Yagbua6768/
Yakbat671/
Yoakba671/
Yakeba671/
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Yaquba Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yaquba in the Marathi language
याकुबyakuba50
यकूबाyakuba50

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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 Yaquba
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