Throughout the world, Uqba (عقبة 
, Uqba 
, עוקבה 
) is quite a rare male forename. The first name Uqba is characteristic of Syria, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Algeria, and Libya, where it is a rare masculine name. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in Algeria, Syria, and Sudan. Very seldom, Uqba is the last name as well as the forename.
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| عقبة | Yemen, Syria, Algeria, Egypt, Iraq |
| Uqba | Indonesia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, India, Pakistan |
| עוקבה | Israel |
| uqba khan researcher |
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| abd al-rahman ben uqba Andalusian noble, governor of Septimania |
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| aban ibn al-walid ibn uqba 7th century Umayyad governor |
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| uqba bin al-harith |
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| uqba ibn amr as-sahmí |
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| uqba ibn al-hachchach al-saluli ES |
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| qabissa ibn uqba |
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