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Across the world, Iakoub (Якуб , Иакуб , Iakoub ) is quite a common boy's given name. The first name Iakoub is characteristic of Kyrgyzstan, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Azerbaijan, and Tajikistan. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Russia, Ukraine, and Azerbaijan. Much less frequently, Iakoub is the last name as well as the forename.
Iakoub is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Jacob , the in Genesis, a son of Isaac, also known as Israel; the patriarch of the Israelites, The Qur’an; Thing , the fictional character in Marvel Comics; Jacob Frye , the fictional character in the Assassin's Creed series, Assassin's Creed Syndicate; Jacob Black , the character from Twilight and Jacob Kowalski , the No-Maj in the Harry Potter universe, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and in many other works.