Forename Yakubu

In all the world, Yakubu (Yakubu , يعقوب , Якубу ) is a widespread mostly boy's, but seldom feminine first name. The first name Yakubu is characteristic of Nigeria, where it is a common dominantly masculine, but infrequently female name, Sudan, where it is quite a common masculine name, and Ghana, where it is quite a common mostly masculine, but seldom feminine name (explore the name in all countries). Also, Yakubu is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Yakubu is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Yakubu

name Yàkubu, name Яків, name Иаков, name Якъуб, name Yakuɓu, name Якубу, name Yakubu, name يعقوب, name Якуб, name Яков, name Jákob

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Yakubu	Tanzania, Niger, India, Ghana, Nigeria
يعقوب	Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Jordan, Sudan
Якубу	Russia, Ukraine

First names said to be same

Jákob, Yakuɓu, Yàkubu, Иаков, Яков, Якуб, Якъуб, and Яків

Notable namesakes

	malik al-hassan yakubu politician and MP for Yendi, Ghana, GH (b. 1945)
	salifu yakubu Ghanaian politician, GH (b. 1919)
	bawa andani yakubu ghanian politician, GH (b. 1926)
	issah yakubu Ghanaian footballer, GH (b. 1992)
	malik alhassan yakubu Politician, GH (b. 1945)
	ahmed alhassan yakubu Ghanaian politician, GH (b. 1957)
	mahmood yakubu Mahmoud yakubu is the current chairman of INEC., NG (b. 1962)
	yakubu abdullahi yakubu (b. 1963)
	momoh a. yakubu researcher
	aminu yakubu researcher
	yakubu h yakubu researcher (ORCID 0000-0001-5025-6299)
	b. yakubu ghanaian politician
	shaibu yakubu Ghanaian footballer, GH (b. 1986)
	najeeb yakubu Ghanaian association football player (born 2000), GH