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Where Does The Last Name Jake Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Jake (Arabic: جيك, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﺎﻙ, Hindi: जाके, Marathi: जाके, Oriya: ଜାେକ) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Jäke. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Jake? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Jake is the 147,119^th most prevalent surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 2,420,308 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 38 percent of Jake are found; 37 percent are found in North America and 37 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 6,118^th most widely held forename world-wide It is held by 171,651 people.

The surname Jake is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 1,138 people, or 1 in 318,505. In The United States Jake is most common in: New Mexico, where 16 percent are found, California, where 12 percent are found and Illinois, where 7 percent are found. Not including The United States this last name occurs in 78 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 21 percent are found and Egypt, where 7 percent are found.

Jake Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Jake has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Jake surname increased 673 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 148 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Jake Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Jake surname is chiefly Latin Catholic (50%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those holding the Jake last name are 2.33% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 55.56% being registered with the political party.

The amount Jake earn in different countries varies significantly. In Peru they earn 4.46% more than the national average, earning S/. 20,250 per year; in United States they earn 18.7% less than the national average, earning $35,082 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.81% more than the national average, earning $55,553 CAD per year.