Yakub is used as a family name or surname in Nigeria. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Yakub
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Nigeria
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Yakub

How popular is Yakub?

Yakub is common in Nigeria.

Yakub is ranked 9466 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Yakubs grew by 107.6271 per cent to 245 since 2000 and ranked 78040 after elevating 54219 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 36.33 44.92
Black 29.8 15.25
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 26.94 14.41
Others 4.08 21.19
Yakub is quite popular family name mostly used in India while Brunei is ahead in terms of density. Around 57043 people have been found who wears Yakub as their family name. Yakub is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
20,929 Azerbaijan7
38,459 New Zealand7
108,034 Italy3
1,647 Fiji3
14,400 Uzbekistan3
14,193 Egypt3
323 Somalia3
17,692 Armenia2
12,161 Wales2
5,442 Turkmenistan2
5,936 Bahrain2
19,046 Ireland2
10,284 Kuwait2
2,835 Libya2
11,736 Lithuania2
91,784 Netherlands2
6,977 Tajikistan2
21,529 Singapore2
30,360 Thailand1
91,024 Belgium1
174,544 Czech Republic1
11,486 Estonia1
16,640 Hong Kong1
9,498 Iceland1
8,859 Iraq1
37,493 Austria1
537 Liechtenstein1
29,046 Japan1
81,201 Switzerland1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
7,895 South Korea1
24,421 Slovakia1
13,447 Uganda1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
45,070 Australia45
17,080 Kyrgyzstan37
26,164 Sweden36
12,692 Scotland33
8,720 Qatar29
4,169 Cyprus26
28,338 Norway20
94,038 Spain11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
1,816 Guyana60
22,804 Belarus58
9,469 Moldova56
Countries with hundreds of Yakub:
3,087 Malaysia809
4,747 Saudi Arabia731
22,557 Russia727
4,052 Ghana719
8,305 Ukraine687
12,584 Tanzania365
17,833 England307
2,367 Bulgaria280
3,754 United Arab Emirates268
95,768 United States238
11,226 Kazakhstan238
50,182 Germany202
5,873 Israel188
237 Brunei179
35,546 South Africa146
31,070 Turkey140
2,910 Latvia117
30,487 Canada110
Countries with thousands of Yakub:
1,606 Indonesia9,689
2,127 Bangladesh4,813
2,307 Kenya2,511
4,203 Pakistan1,509
Countries with ten thousands of Yakub:
3,233 India16,615
1,671 Nigeria14,978
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Yakub Namesakes

  • Yakubu Abdullahi Yakubu, Author
  • Ademola Yakubu, Author
  • Imoro Yakubu Kakpagu, Politician
  • Imoro Yakubu Kakpagu, Politician
  • Shaibu Yakubu, Soccer player
  • Shaibu Yakubu, Soccer player
  • Dmitry Yakubovskiy, Businessperson
  • Ismail Yakubu, Soccer player
  • Ismail Yakubu, Soccer player
  • Kseniya Yakubovskaya, Dmitry Yakubovskiy's wife

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