Yaqoub

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/jəkaʊb/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Yaqoub is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Afghanistan than in any other country. In Oman it is the 69th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • KWKuwait≈1 in 5.2K(inferred from the name graph)
  • OMOman≈1 in 3.6K
  • AFAfghanistan≈1 in 25K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Afghanistan (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,400 people, est.

Sources
62 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 3.6K (inferred from the name graph)

Oman, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Yaqoub counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Yaqoub is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AF Afghanistan—≈1,400 est.≈1 in 25K—Yaqoub7
OM Oman#69≈1,300 est.≈1 in 3.6K—Yaqoub28
SA Saudi Arabia—≈750 est.≈1 in 46K—Yaqoub45
KW Kuwait#603≈580 est.≈1 in 5.2K—Yaqoub62
AE United Arab Emirates—≈280 est.≈1 in 35K—Yaqoub44
SE Sweden—371 in 276K37—4

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Yaqoub is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Yáqoub

31 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

500100015002000Abu Yusuf, b. 731Al-Kindi, b. 801Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, b. 1160Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd Al-Haqq, b. 1212Al-Mustamsik, b. 1470Jacob Frank, b. 1726Yakub Beg, b. 1820Mohammad Yaqub Khan, b. 1849Yakov Ganetsky, b. 1879Yakub Kolas, b. 1882
  • Abu Yusufb. 731IQnot in their usual nameArab Muslim Scholar and jurist (died 798)
  • Al-Kindib. 801IQnot in their usual nameMuslim Arab philosopher, mathematician and physician (c.801–873)
  • Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansurb. 1160MAnot in their usual nameRuler of the Almohad Caliphate from 1184 to 1199
  • Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd Al-Haqqb. 1212MAnot in their usual nameMarinid Sultan of Algeria (r. 1258–1286)
  • Al-Mustamsikb. 1470EGnot in their usual name16th Caliph of Cairo
  • Jacob Frankb. 1726UAnot in their usual namePolish-Jewish religious leader
  • Yakub Begb. 1820UZnot in their usual nameKing of Kashgaria (1820–1877)
  • Mohammad Yaqub Khanb. 1849AFnot in their usual nameEmir of Afghanistan during 1879 (1849–1923)
  • Yakov Ganetskyb. 1879PLnot in their usual nameSoviet politician (1879-1937)
  • Yakub Kolasb. 1882BYnot in their usual nameBelarusian writer (1882–1956)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

Informalمرحباً Yaqoub،Hi Yaqoub, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 18 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Yaqoub
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—37#16,707
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)202014—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2019——
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2018——
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2017——
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2016——
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2015——
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2014——
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2013——
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2012——
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2011——
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2010——

Reference works 1

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Yaqoub?
A machine transcription gives /jəkaʊb/ (IPA) for Arabic.
Is Yaqoub a male or female name?
Yaqoub is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Yaqoub have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.4 thousand people named Yaqoub in Afghanistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled yaqoub.
How common is the name Yaqoub?
In Sweden, the national register counted 37 people named Yaqoub, about 1 in 276 thousand residents.
How common is Yaqoub compared with other names?
In Oman, Yaqoub is the 69th most common given name of 4,945 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Yaqoub” — the 69th most common given name in Oman. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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