Family name Jakup (Jakup 
, Якуп 
, Жакуп ) , in all the world, is quite a rare surname. The cognomen Jakup is habitual in Southern Europe, particularly North Macedonia, where it is quite a common surname, Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is quite a rare surname, and Albania. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in North Macedonia, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Likewise, Jakup is the forename as well as the last name.