Ayoub is used as a family name or surname in Tanzania. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ayoub
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Tanzania
Meaning: Name Arab person, sometimes worn by Sephardic Jews. This is the equivalent of the biblical Job name (Arabic 'Ayyub), which comes from the Hebrew' iyyov = hated. Derivative: Ayoubi.

How popular is Ayoub?

Ayoub is common in Tanzania.

Ayoub is ranked 1819 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Ayoubs grew by 27.98822 per cent to 3041 since 2000 and ranked 10545 after elevating 1507 spots. The last name was found in around 10 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 86.32 79.46
Hispanic or Latino 4.44 4.29
Others 4.31 12.67
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
2.7 2.4
Ayoub is quite popular family name mostly used in Morocco while Lebanon is ahead in terms of density. Around 299999 people have been found who wears Ayoub as their family name. Ayoub is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
15,185 Nigeria9
67 Chad7
95,557 Czech Republic6
10,876 Trinidad and Tobago5
812 Monaco5
8,438 China5
607,991 Indonesia5
3,904 Ivory Coast4
16,136 Kenya3
9,097 Wales3
1,718 Yemen3
15,749 Finland3
6,774 Slovenia3
3,008 Ethiopia3
1,328 Congo2
14,004 Hungary2
1,421 Gabon2
698 Antigua and Barbuda2
18,718 Thailand2
1,347 Liberia2
5,726 Puerto Rico2
24,766 Scotland2
14,521 Portugal2
21,529 Singapore2
2,152 Niger2
15,705 Cameroon1
664 Equatorial Guinea1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
5,924 Paraguay1
19,810 Croatia1
6,820 Angola1
24,771 Colombia1
66,560 Philippines1
10,958 Bangladesh1
58,885 Poland1
801 Cape Verde1
12,745 Luxembourg1
3,307 Malta1
50,549 Georgia1
1,572 Macau1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
6,212 Jamaica1
4,435 Togo1
472 Tonga1
7,895 South Korea1
9,498 Iceland1
16,640 Hong Kong1
1,254 Gibraltar1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
13,447 Uganda1
613 Central African Republic1
5,553 Taiwan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
205,048 Russia43
3,075 Cyprus34
114,425 Ukraine34
2,677 Senegal32
21,268 New Zealand21
94,051 Kazakhstan19
58,753 Belarus16
14,528 Mauritania13
23,990 Serbia11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
26,761 Netherlands93
6,636 Ecuador92
19,740 Romania84
4,527 Ireland76
4,057 Panama65
9,137 Denmark64
66,582 Argentina60
13,876 Norway52
Countries with hundreds of Ayoub:
2,014 Benin820
10,423 Iran819
8,801 England747
1,885 Israel601
326 Qatar593
4,870 Malaysia455
1,232 Oman433
11,880 Mexico366
7,729 Ghana320
29,743 Italy314
22,396 Turkey245
7,981 Belgium230
6,997 Venezuela226
8,600 Greece221
6,031 Switzerland198
5,231 Sweden181
19,894 Spain151
35,546 South Africa146
1,147 Bahrain134
9,948 Austria131
2,043 Mauritius128
Countries with thousands of Ayoub:
364 Saudi Arabia8,927
83 Jordan7,922
561 Iraq7,216
363 Tunisia5,482
9,724 India5,001
9,600 United States3,819
969 Afghanistan3,164
2,601 France2,866
305 United Arab Emirates2,798
5,864 Brazil2,385
257 Libya2,362
208 Kuwait1,358
7,103 Germany1,345
3,603 Canada1,290
2,787 Australia1,110
Countries with ten thousands of Ayoub:
16 Morocco61,888
229 Egypt59,142
667 Pakistan27,408
77 Syria22,928
195 Algeria19,814
295 Sudan15,464
29 Lebanon14,053
389 Tanzania13,876
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Comments

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Lucienne Fleurant
 The etymology of the name comes from the Arabic name Ayyub person who is adapting the job Semitic name meaning one who is being sued by the demon that name is the name of an ancestor.

Ayoub Namesakes

  • Abdo Ayoub, Author
  • Abdul Rahim Ayoubi, Politician
  • Aida el Ayoubi, Singer
  • Alaa Eddine Ayoub, Actor
  • Aladin Ayoub, Soccer Player
  • Combo Ayouba, Military Officer
  • Asma Ayoub, Suhaib Webb's wife
  • Aymen Ben Ayoub, Soccer player
  • Mouna Ayoub, Businesswoman
  • Yassine Ayoub, Soccer player
  • In 0 drama movie, Soul'd Out, Lucas Alexander Ayoub characterized Radio Host.
  • Mischa Ayoub, from 2012 drama flick Double Negative, who characterized Bruce.

Ayoub Namesakes

  • Abdo Ayoub, Author
  • Abdul Rahim Ayoubi, Politician
  • Aida el Ayoubi, Singer
  • Alaa Eddine Ayoub, Actor
  • Aladin Ayoub, Soccer Player
  • Combo Ayouba, Military Officer
  • Asma Ayoub, Suhaib Webb's wife
  • Aymen Ben Ayoub, Soccer player
  • Mouna Ayoub, Businesswoman
  • Yassine Ayoub, Soccer player
  • In 0 drama movie, Soul'd Out, Lucas Alexander Ayoub characterized Radio Host.
  • Mischa Ayoub, from 2012 drama flick Double Negative, who characterized Bruce.

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