Yaub Surname

1,104,724th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 221 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Yaub Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yaub Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1741:1,018,06242,870
India251:30,682,615377,978
Pakistan111:16,240,35364,496
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Yaub (181) may also be a first name.

Yaub Last Name Facts

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

Yaub (Hindi: यऊब, Marathi: याकुब) is most common in Nigeria. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yaub? popularity and diffusion

The last name Yaub is the 1,104,724th most widely held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 32,975,321 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 79 percent of Yaub are found; 79 percent are found in West Africa and 79 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 677,199th most commonly occurring forename globally It is held by 181 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 174 people, or 1 in 1,018,062. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Oyo, where 31 percent reside, Kogi, where 19 percent reside and Lagos, where 9 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 11 percent reside and Pakistan, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yaoub8941/
Yahoub8048/
Ayyaub8011/
Yagiub801/
Yooaub801/
Yaàgub801/
Yaijub801/
Aiyaub801/
Eiyaub801/
Yaauub801/
Youb755,314/
Yauw75533/
Yauv75175/
Yaup7543/
Yaob755/
Iaub751/
Yauf751/
Yahgoub731/
Yaaeoub731/
Ayyaoub731/
Yahhoub731/
Yaupe67510/
Yağubova6793/
Yahubova6739/
Yauph6716/
Joyub6710/
Jaoub679/
Yausf677/
Yahuv673/
Yahuw673/
Yoeub672/
Yaaob672/
Yauws671/
Yausp671/
Youbd671/
Yooub671/
Yauff671/
Hyoub671/
Yauvw671/
Yaouf671/

Yaub Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yaub in the Hindi language
यऊबya'uba-
Yaub in the Marathi language
याकुबyakuba20
याऊबya'uba20
अययुबayayuba20
यौबyauba20
याक़ूबyaquba20

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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 Yaub
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