Surnames of Arabic origin

adjective, derived from a noun or preposition, often indicating the person's place of origin, tribal affiliation, or ancestry

Yakub, Yaqub, Yaqoob, Yaqoub, Yacoub, Yakoob, Yakoub, Yoqub or Yaâkub (, also transliterated in other ways; Yakob, as commonly westernized) is a male given name. It is the Arabic version of Jacob and James. The Arabic form '''''Ya'qūb/Ya'kūb may be direct from the Hebrew or indirectly through Syriac. The name was in use in pre-Islamic Arabia and is a common given name in Arab, Turkish, and Muslim societies. It is also used as a surname. It is common in Polish, Czech, Slovak, Belarusian and Bosnian languages, where it is transliterated as Jakub'.

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