Across the world, Yakoob (Yakoob 
) is a common predominantly masculine, but very seldom girly forename. The forename Yakoob is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly Oman, where it is quite a rare male name, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, where it is quite a rare principally male, but scarcely female name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in India, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates. Also, Yakoob is the last name as well as the forename.
Yakoob is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!
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| Yakoob | United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India |
| yakoob miran mujtahedi Yakoob Miran Mujtahedi, the compiler of English Urdu Lughat -e- Mujtahedi (dictionary) (b. 1931) |
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| javed yakoob researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-1507-9976) |
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| javed yakoob researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0001-6308-2638 |
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