Yakovenko

Yakovenko, Iakovenko or Jakovenko (Cyrillic: Яковенко) is a gender-neutral surname of Ukrainian origin, derived from the first name Yakov (the Ukrainian equivalent of Jacob or James) and effectively means of Jacob/Jacob's. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Alexander Yakovenko, multiple people
 * Anastasia Chursina (née Yakovenko in 1995), Russian racing cyclist
 * Boris Yakovenko (1884–1949), Russian philosopher
 * Dmitry Jakovenko (born 1983) is a Russian chess player
 * Dmytro Yakovenko (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Dmitri Yakovenko (born 1981), Russian screenwriter and director
 * Margaryta Yakovenko (born 1992), Spanish language journalist and novelist born in Tokmak, Ukraine.
 * Mariya Yakovenko (born 1982), Russian javelin thrower
 * Natalia Yakovenko (born 1942), Ukrainian historian, Doctor of Historical Sciences
 * Nikolay Yakovenko (1941–2006), Russian wrestler
 * Olha Iakovenko (born 1987), Ukrainian race walker
 * Pavlo Yakovenko (born 1964), Ukrainian footballer
 * Sergei Yakovenko (born 1976), Kazakhstani ice hockey player
 * Serhiy Yakovenko (born 1975), Ukrainian football coach and a former player
 * Tetiana Yakovenko (born 1954), Ukrainian poet and literary critic
 * Yuriy Yakovenko (born 1993), Ukrainian footballer