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All over the world, Iakob (יעקב , Iakob , Якоб ) is quite a rare male given name. The first name Iakob is habitual in Georgia, where it is quite a common masculine name, Israel, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and Estonia, where it is a rare male name. In absolute terms, it is commonest in Georgia, Israel, and Romania. Very seldom, Iakob is the last name as well as the forename.
Iakob is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: St. James the Elder, Apostle , the one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, Gospel of Mark; Jacob , the in Genesis, a son of Isaac, also known as Israel; the patriarch of the Israelites, The Qur’an; James, son of Alphaeus , the one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ; Thing , the fictional character in Marvel Comics and Jakob Maria Mierscheid , the fictitious politician, and in many other works.