Globally, Yagub (Yagub 
, Ягуб 
, Иагуб ) is a rare masculine first name. The first name Yagub is habitual in Azerbaijan, where it is quite a rare male name, Sudan, where it is a rare male name, and Kazakhstan. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Azerbaijan, Sudan, and Russia. Very seldom, Yagub is the last name as well as the forename.