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Surname Yaakob (Yaakob
, ياكوب) , worldwide, is a common cognomen. The last name Yaakob is habitual in South-eastern Asia, particularly Malaysia, where it is quite a common surname, Brunei, where it is quite a rare surname, and Singapore. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Malaysia, Algeria, and Egypt. Very seldom, Yaakob is the forename as well as the last name.