How common is the surname Yacoub?

1,540 people in the United States had the surname Yacoub in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 200,484 Americans. It ranked 18,090th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Yacoub getting more or less common?

More common. 1,019 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,540 in 2010, up 51%.

The surname Yacoub

A surname, carried by 1,540 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex Y210

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Yacoub is more common than 88.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,540 people named Yacoub in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 200,484 Americans. That is up 51% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,019.

#18,090

rank among US surnames

1,540

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+51.1%

change since 2000 (was #23,315)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,089	Frasca	1,541	200,354
#18,090	Zeh	1,540	200,484
#18,098	Quayle	1,539	200,614

Who is named Yacoub

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

88% of people named Yacoub identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.1% as two or more races and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Two or more races 5.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Yacoub?: 1,540 people in the United States had the surname Yacoub in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 200,484 Americans. It ranked 18,090th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Yacoub?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Yacoub identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.1% as two or more races.
Is the surname Yacoub getting more or less common?: More common. 1,019 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,540 in 2010, up 51%.