Jakob Forename
6,620th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 158,784 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Greenland
Jakob Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 100% | 80,622 | 1:1,199 | 258 |
| Denmark | - | 16,488 | 1:343 | 87 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 14,648 | 1:561 | 123 |
| Sweden | 100% | 6,462 | 1:1,526 | 250 |
| Austria | 100% | 6,389 | 1:1,333 | 229 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 6,224 | 1:395 | 105 |
| South Africa | 100% | 5,675 | 1:9,609 | 1,667 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 3,051 | 1:3,786 | 490 |
| United States | 100% | 2,987 | 1:121,372 | 5,069 |
| Norway | 100% | 2,307 | 1:2,225 | 394 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,688 | 1:10,013 | 1,229 |
| India | 100% | 1,483 | 1:819,203 | 56,995 |
| Canada | 85% | 1,396 | 1:23,735 | 2,043 |
| Indonesia | - | 963 | 1:267,875 | 24,032 |
| Croatia | 100% | 944 | 1:4,467 | 529 |
| Thailand | 100% | 940 | 1:74,538 | 6,986 |
| Poland | 88% | 848 | 1:44,843 | 1,238 |
| Iceland | 100% | 564 | 1:649 | 129 |
| Greenland | - | 450 | 1:125 | 11 |
| Italy | 100% | 421 | 1:145,041 | 2,336 |
| England | 100% | 413 | 1:134,632 | 4,587 |
| Namibia | - | 391 | 1:6,149 | 857 |
| Australia | - | 386 | 1:35,382 | 1,944 |
| Belgium | 100% | 364 | 1:31,566 | 1,946 |
| Brazil | 100% | 281 | 1:762,406 | 21,805 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Estonia | 100% | 174 | 1:7,560 | 970 |
| Algeria | - | 163 | 1:234,213 | 3,411 |
| Finland | 100% | 161 | 1:34,057 | 1,440 |
| Serbia | 100% | 151 | 1:47,323 | 1,986 |
| Czechia | 100% | 118 | 1:90,306 | 1,107 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 105 | 1:99,345 | 5,177 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 104 | 1:69,585 | 2,149 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 103 | 1:716,773 | 23,137 |
| France | 100% | 90 | 1:738,559 | 6,659 |
| Spain | 100% | 80 | 1:581,625 | 6,831 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 53 | 1:996,006 | 19,747 |
| Mexico | 100% | 49 | 1:2,533,560 | 13,588 |
| Russia | 100% | 49 | 1:2,943,545 | 17,266 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 48 | 1:634,374 | 25,654 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 40 | 1:946 | 205 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 39 | 1:4,552,932 | 69,417 |
| Uganda | 100% | 38 | 1:1,077,814 | 18,180 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 32 | 1:110,139 | 3,000 |
| Chile | 80% | 30 | 1:586,907 | 6,668 |
| Hungary | 100% | 29 | 1:337,647 | 1,450 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 29 | 1:611,960 | 8,240 |
| New Zealand | - | 27 | 1:168,002 | 5,821 |
| Ireland | 100% | 25 | 1:185,741 | 3,671 |
| Ethiopia | - | 25 | 1:3,902,405 | 10,287 |
| China | - | 24 | 1:56,918,991 | 62,623 |
| Malta | - | 23 | 1:18,668 | 1,434 |
| Greece | 100% | 18 | 1:607,475 | 7,461 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 17 | 1:1,271,206 | 31,253 |
| Singapore | - | 17 | 1:369,827 | 10,107 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| Ecuador | - | 14 | 1:1,266,208 | 8,855 |
| Philippines | 100% | 14 | 1:7,572,106 | 116,282 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 14 | 1:2,157,278 | 37,130 |
| Scotland | 100% | 13 | 1:411,567 | 5,527 |
| Hong Kong | - | 10 | 1:775,272 | 5,181 |
| Egypt | - | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 9 | 1:5,459 | 808 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Sudan | 100% | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Japan | - | 8 | 1:15,998,257 | 41,670 |
| Vietnam | - | 8 | 1:11,577,889 | 4,258 |
| Kenya | 100% | 7 | 1:6,615,301 | 31,578 |
| Turkey | 100% | 7 | 1:11,114,530 | 34,230 |
| Israel | 100% | 6 | 1:1,400,486 | 16,782 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 6 | 1:1,358,719 | 89,225 |
| Romania | 100% | 6 | 1:3,341,996 | 26,471 |
| Wales | 100% | 6 | 1:515,718 | 6,554 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 6 | 1:2,570,636 | 64,965 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 5 | 1:407,999 | 22,262 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 5 | 1:126,915 | 2,987 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 5 | 1:38,871,536 | 142,270 |
| South Korea | - | 5 | 1:1,108,884 | 18,705 |
| Kosovo | - | 4 | 1:465,360 | 11,976 |
| Lithuania | - | 4 | 1:737,970 | 2,861 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Monaco | 100% | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| Panama | - | 4 | 1:976,639 | 21,104 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 4 | 1:1,327,516 | 4,597 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 4 | 1:1,787,998 | 44,562 |
| Zambia | - | 4 | 1:3,963,698 | 31,018 |
| Argentina | 100% | 3 | 1:14,257,748 | 23,489 |
| Armenia | 100% | 3 | 1:972,918 | 8,284 |
| Georgia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 3 | 1:188,016 | 3,003 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Lebanon | - | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 2 | 1:680,710 | 23,658 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Colombia | 100% | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Peru | 100% | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
The alternate forms: Jákob (4) are calculated separately.
Jakob (42,499) may also be a surname.
Jakob Forename Popularity
Jakob Demographics
Average Jakob Salary in
United States
$46,298 USD
Per year
Rank:
167,602 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000707087
Rank: 5,566 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
106.36%
Sample size: 1,259 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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