Yakoubou

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Yakoubou is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Cameroon than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • TGTogo≈1 in 4.9K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CMCameroon≈1 in 13K
  • BJBenin≈1 in 44K

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Cameroon (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,200 people, est.

Sources
48 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 4.9K (inferred from the name graph)

Togo, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Yakoubou counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Yakoubou is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CM Cameroon—≈2,200 est.≈1 in 13K—Yakoubou4
TG Togo#165≈1,800 est.≈1 in 4.9K2Yakoubou10
BJ Benin—≈290 est.≈1 in 44K—Yakoubou4
CF Central African Republic—≈120 est.≈1 in 49K1—3
NG Nigeria—≈120 est.≈1 in 1.9M—Yakoubou2
DZ Algeria—≈60 est.≈1 in 722K—Yakoubou1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Journal Officiel — Liste definitive des candidats (legislatives 2024); ANE — Liste provisoire des candidats (legislatives & regionales 2025). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Yakoubou is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Libya, Kuwait

    Also written Ÿakõûbõù

20 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 3 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Yakoubou
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
TG TogoJournal Officiel — Liste definitive des candidats (legislatives 2024)20242#11
CF Central African RepublicANE — Liste provisoire des candidats (legislatives & regionales 2025)20251#7

Reference works 1

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Yakoubou have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.2 thousand people named Yakoubou in Cameroon, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled yakoubou.
How common is the name Yakoubou?
Mondonomo estimates about 2,200 people in Cameroon have Yakoubou as their first surname, about 1 in 13 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
How common is Yakoubou compared with other names?
In Togo, Yakoubou is the 165th most common surname of 2,392 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Yakoubou” — the 165th most common surname in Togo. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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