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.
Yakup is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!
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| يعقوب | Iran, Jordan, Egypt, Sudan, Iraq |
| Yakup | Germany, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Turkey |
| Якуп | Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Russia |
| Йакуп | Ukraine, Russia |
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,
| yakup çelebi 14th-century Ottoman prince, TR (b. 1359) |
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| yakup yahya ottoman–Jewish figure (b. 1475) |
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yakup şevki subaşı General of the Turkish Army, TR (b. 1876) |
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yakup kadri karaosmanoğlu Turkish writer (1889-1974), TR (b. 1889) |
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| yakup kalgay politician, RU (b. 1887) |
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| yakup gürsel Turkish politician, TR (b. 1905) |
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| yakup çağlayan Turkish politician, TR (b. 1922) |
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| yakup yücel TR (b. 1922) |
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| yakup kepenek Turkish politician, TR (b. 1937) |
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| yakup tahincioğlu TR (b. 1933) |
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| yakup barokas Turkish journalist, TR (b. 1946) |
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| yakup yavru Turkish actor, TR (b. 1952) |
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| yakup topuz Turkish wrestler, TR (b. 1954) |
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| yakup budak Turkish politician, TR (b. 1956) |
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| yakup akkaya Turkish politician, TR (b. 1957) |
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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