Yaqubu Surname

1,067,497th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 233 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Yaqubu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Yaqubu 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
Nigeria2321:763,54634,496
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873

Yaqubu (131) may also be a first name.

Yaqubu Last Name Facts

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

Yaqubu occurs most in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yaqubu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,067,497th most numerous surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 31,277,021 people. Yaqubu is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yaqubu are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 811,108th most numerous given name in the world It is held by 131 people.

The surname Yaqubu is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 232 people, or 1 in 763,546. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Kano, where 40 percent reside, Kaduna, where 25 percent reside and Kogi, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Azerbaijan, where 0 percent reside.

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
Yakbu7341/
Yakebu672,130/
Yakwbu675/
Yakbuu674/
Yokbu554/
Yokbut5056/
Jakbut509/
Jakbud504/
Jacbus501/
Yakewu501/
Iakebu501/
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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 Yaqubu
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