Last name Yâakoubi (اليعقوبي 
, Yâakoubi) , in the world, is quite a common family name. The cognomen Yâakoubi is characteristic of Oman, where it is quite a common surname, Iraq, where it is quite a rare surname, and Libya. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Iraq, Oman, and Morocco. Very seldom, Yâakoubi is the forename as well as the last name.