Jakelić Surname

601,015th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 517 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Jakelić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jakelić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia5071:8,3401,411
Slovenia41:621,91923,710
Montenegro31:213,1886,121
Bosnia and Herzegovina21:1,768,20116,841
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Jakelic (31) are calculated separately.

Jakelić Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Jakelić Come From? nationality or country of origin

Jakelić is found in Croatia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Jakelic. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Jakelić? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 601,015th most numerous surname in the world, held by around 1 in 14,095,833 people. The surname Jakelić occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Jakelić reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Croatia, where it is held by 507 people, or 1 in 8,340. In Croatia it is most frequent in: Split-Dalmatia County, where 44 percent are found, City of Zagreb, where 22 percent are found and Šibenik-Knin County, where 20 percent are found. Other than Croatia Jakelić exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Slovenia, where 1 percent are found and Montenegro, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jakelic9531/
Jakolić86127/
Jakalić864/
Jakelich8013/
Jakhelic803/
Jackelich751/
Jakolič7195/
Jakeličová711/
Jakalits672/
Jackolitz630/
Jakolitsch5920/
Jakilitsch591/
Jacolicz531/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Jakelić
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