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Worldwide, Yaakob (Yaakob , ياكوب) is a rare principally male, but very infrequently feminine forename. The first name Yaakob is characteristic of Algeria, where it is quite a rare principally masculine, but very infrequently girly name, Malaysia, where it is a rare primarily masculine, but scarcely feminine name, and Morocco, where it is a rare male name. More frequently, Yaakob is the last name as well as the forename.
Yaakob is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Jakub Wędrowycz , character in Konan Destylator; Kuba Potulicki ; Jakub Burski and Jakub Kusy .