Jacobus Forename

8,781st
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 117,423 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Jacobus Forename

The meaning of this forename is not listed.

Jacobus Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa
100%
108,2931:50429
Belgium
100%
2,0431:5,624795
Namibia-2,0191:1,191249
Indonesia
100%
1,4041:183,73518,119
United States
100%
7051:514,23713,448
Netherlands
100%
6421:26,3272,276
England
99%
 
3121:178,2145,472
Germany
100%
2521:383,6424,523
Ghana-2251:119,9394,817
Thailand
100%
2031:345,15218,539
Brazil
100%
1701:1,260,21330,739
Zimbabwe
100%
1391:110,9637,854
Canada
100%
1371:241,8498,513
France
100%
881:755,3456,730
Curaçao
100%
811:1,923457
Australia-581:235,4765,406
Papua New Guinea
100%
491:166,37414,464
Switzerland
100%
451:182,5224,432
Botswana-421:52,0114,968
Malaysia
100%
411:742,68128,689
New Zealand-401:113,4014,717
Norway
100%
401:128,3083,796
Spain
100%
381:1,224,4739,456
Sweden
100%
371:266,4308,432
Denmark-301:188,3174,268
Aruba-291:3,579715
Qatar
100%
261:91,13911,761
Austria
100%
241:354,7583,899
Ireland
100%
191:244,3964,129
Scotland
100%
181:297,2434,537
Iraq-141:2,501,27613,388
United Arab Emirates-111:650,18120,553
Nigeria
100%
101:17,756,436163,035
Greece
100%
91:1,214,9509,925
Kenya
100%
91:5,145,23427,509
Hong Kong-61:1,292,1216,806
Estonia-61:219,2306,245
Italy
100%
51:12,212,41834,417
United States Virgin Islands-51:21,9492,239
Mexico
100%
41:31,036,10761,748
Saudi Arabia-41:7,703,14117,485
Portugal-41:2,602,7168,189
Sudan-41:9,451,7446,661
Croatia
100%
41:1,054,2699,352
DR Congo-41:18,456,90195,891
Mozambique-41:6,810,8393,114
Mali-41:4,244,4395,329
Angola-41:6,741,6524,704
Uganda
100%
31:13,652,30774,436
Pakistan-31:64,785,893186,184
Monaco-31:12,8221,634
Wales
100%
31:1,031,43610,092
Czechia-21:5,328,0818,108
China-21:683,027,89194,999
Chile
100%
21:8,803,60433,591
Philippines
100%
21:53,004,738452,678
India-21:607,438,9864,324,298
Finland
50%
 
21:2,741,59219,235
Tanzania-21:26,394,16073,301
Luxembourg
100%
21:282,0243,520
Benin-11:10,575,84390,010
Cameroon
100%
11:21,610,503119,836
Venezuela-11:30,201,893231,239
Afghanistan-11:32,623,51666,536
Andorra-11:82,8871,356
Swaziland-11:1,300,1773,374
Suriname-11:552,8115,457
Belize-11:354,3097,663
Zambia-11:15,854,79466,637
Turkey-11:77,801,70991,051
Slovakia-11:5,310,0639,949
Georgia-11:3,738,46629,095
Singapore-11:6,287,05439,645
Seychelles-11:92,6701,891
Ecuador-11:17,726,91931,775
Hungary
100%
11:9,791,7716,528
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Faroe Islands
100%
11:49,1272,467
Israel
100%
11:8,402,91845,019
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Jersey-11:99,9802,122
Jordan-11:8,826,77411,126
Kuwait-11:3,785,26415,388
Liberia
100%
11:4,412,06136,340
Malawi-11:17,112,31024,110
Senegal-11:14,581,35634,505
East Timor-11:1,218,375811
Dominican Republic-11:10,431,27030,761
Costa Rica-11:4,767,94827,206
Paraguay
100%
11:7,236,80516,549
Peru-11:31,791,454110,866
Poland-11:38,027,1129,241
Congo-11:5,009,20537,978
Russia-11:144,233,704184,271
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497

Jacobus (8,729) may also be a surname.

Jacobus Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jackobus9380/
Jachobus938/
Jacoubus933/
Jacobuss931/
Jaccobus931/
Jacobu92243/
Jakobus8611,778/
Yacobus861,991/
Jackobu8680/
Jacobos8668/
Jocobus8629/
Jacubus866/
Jacabus865/
Iacobus862/
Sacobus861/
Jacovus861/
Jacobou861/
Jaacobu861/
Yackobus8044/
Jakkobus8030/
Djakobus808/
Yachobus807/
Tjakobus806/
Jakobous803/
Jackabus802/
Jacovous801/
Jackobos801/
Jacoubou801/
Jackubus801/
Yacobu77482/
Jakobu77137/
Yakobus7122,370/
Jokobus7185/
Yacubus7171/
Jakubus7148/
Yocobus7133/
Jakobos7124/
Yaacobu7123/
Jocabus7115/
Yacobou7114/
Yasobus7113/
Jacubos7111/
Jaakobu718/
Yacoubu716/
Jacabos713/
Jakabus713/
Yacoobu712/
Jocobos712/
Iakobus711/
Jakóbus711/
Jakobui711/
Jakobhu711/
Jacoboo711/
Iacobos711/
Yacoubouss711/
Yacobhu711/
Yacobau711/
Cacabus711/
Sakobus711/
Yacoubou6737,355/
Coquabus677/
Yakoobus677/
Yakobusp675/
Yakkobus674/
Yakobuus673/
Sacoubou672/
Jakoubou671/
Jackovos671/
Jaccubos671/
Yacoybou671/
Yacoubos671/
Yacoubau671/
Eacovous671/
Jeikobus671/
Jcbos671/

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Footnotes

  • First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Jacobus