Forename Yakup

Worldwide, Yakup (يعقوب , Yakup , Якуп ) is a widespread male forename. The first name Yakup is characteristic of Turkey, where it is a common boy's name, Sudan, where it is quite a common boy's name, and Oman (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Turkey, Sudan, and Iraq. Very seldom, Yakup is the last name as well as the forename.

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Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Yakup

name Yaqoob, name Yakup, name Jacb, name Yaqoub, name Thiago, name Ιάκωβος, name Джеймс, name Jaco, name Jakez, name Jaume, name Якуп, name Jim, name Giacomo, name Jakúb, name Diego, name Yakov, name Джейкоб, name Jakub, name Ζακ, name Jacob, name Jacobo, name Santiago, name Джым, name Йакуп, name Jacco, name Jakov, name Jakob, name Jakubs, name Джакомо, name Jakow, name Jiminy, name Seamus, name Yaqub, name James, name Джекобс, name Jacobus, name Yacob, name Iacopo, name Jacopo, name Jakób, name Iacobus, name Jaakko, name Santjago, name Yakub, name Τζιμ, name Jämes, name Jokūbas, name Джим, name يعقوب, name Jacó, name Džeimss, name Jákob, name Séamus, name Jacques

VARIANT	COUNTRY
يعقوب	Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Jordan, Sudan
Yakup	Germany, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey
Якуп	Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan
Йакуп	Russia, Ukraine

First names said to be same

Diego, Džeimss, Giacomo, Iacobus, Iacopo, Jaakko, Jacb, Jacco, Jaco, Jacob, Jacobo, Jacobus, Jacopo, Jacques, Jacó, Jakez, Jakob, Jakov, Jakow, Jakub, Jakubs, Jakób, Jakúb, James, Jaume, Jim, Jiminy, Jokūbas, Jákob, Jämes, Santiago, Santjago, Seamus, Séamus, Thiago, Yacob, Yakov, Yakub, Yaqoob, Yaqoub, Yaqub, Ζακ, Ιάκωβος, Τζιμ, Джакомо, Джейкоб, Джеймс, Джекобс, Джим, Джым,

Notable namesakes

	yakup çelebi 14th-century Ottoman prince, TR (b. 1359)
	yakup yahya ottoman–Jewish figure (b. 1475)
	yakup şevki subaşı General of the Turkish Army, TR (b. 1876)
	yakup kadri karaosmanoğlu Turkish writer (1889-1974), TR (b. 1889)
	yakup kalgay politician, RU (b. 1887)
	yakup gürsel Turkish politician, TR (b. 1905)
	yakup çağlayan Turkish politician, TR (b. 1922)
	yakup yücel TR (b. 1922)
	yakup kepenek Turkish politician, TR (b. 1937)
	yakup tahincioğlu TR (b. 1933)
	yakup barokas Turkish journalist, TR (b. 1946)
	yakup yavru Turkish actor, TR (b. 1952)
	yakup topuz Turkish wrestler, TR (b. 1954)
	yakup budak Turkish politician, TR (b. 1956)
	yakup akkaya Turkish politician, TR (b. 1957)

Characteristic surnames

Can, Demi R, Doğan, Güler, Yilmaz, Yildiz, Özkan, Özcan, Çelik, Şahin, Bozkurt, Korkmaz, Güneş, Yıldız, Yılmaz, Çeli K, Çeti N, Şahi N, Erdoğan, Yildirim, Özdemi R, Özdemir, Kiliç, Öztürk, Kaplan, Bayram, Acar, Kara, Kaya, Koç, Kurt, Gül, Uzun, Şen, Aslan, Aydin, Bulut, Köse, Polat, Demir, Turan, Yavuz, Özer, Ünal, Arslan, Aktaş, Aydın, Karaca, and Yıldırım