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Worldwide, Yakoub (يعقوب , Yakoub ) is a common principally masculine, but very infrequently feminine first name. The first name Yakoub is habitual in Sudan, where it is quite a common boy's name, Oman, and Algeria, where it is quite a common predominantly masculine, but scarcely girly name (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Sudan, Algeria, and Iraq. Likewise, Yakoub is the last name as well as the forename.