Yaukub Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Yaukub Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Yaukub 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
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Yaukub Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yaukub (Hindi: याुकुब, Marathi: यौकुब) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yaukub? popularity and diffusion

The surname Yaukub is the 5,812,366th most commonly used family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 73 percent of Yaukub live; 73 percent live in West Africa and 73 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Yaukub is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Kogi, where 88 percent are found and Sokoto, where 13 percent are found. Beside Nigeria Yaukub is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 18 percent are found and India, where 9 percent are found.

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
Yaukob831/
Yaucoub771/
Youkoub771/
Yauqoub771/
Yaucob677/
Yaokob672/
Yauqoob6277/
Youkoob6212/
Youqoub625/
Youcoub625/
Youquob621/
Yaouqoob571/
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Yaukub Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yaukub in the Marathi language
यौकुबyaukuba66.67
याकुबyakuba33.33
Yaukub in the Hindi language
याुकुबyaukuba25
यौकुबyaukuba25
याूकूबyaukuba25

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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 Yaukub
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