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In all the world, Iakub (Якуб , Iakub , Иакуб ) is quite a common boy's forename. The given name Iakub is characteristic of Kyrgyzstan, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Azerbaijan, and Tajikistan. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Russia, Ukraine, and Azerbaijan. Much less frequently, Iakub is the last name as well as the forename.
Iakub 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.