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

The last name Jakobs occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

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

The surname Jakobs is the 33,080^th most commonly held surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 453,911 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of Jakobs are found; 86 percent are found in Western Europe and 86 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Jakobs is also the 1,234,572^nd most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 63 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 12,409 people, or 1 in 6,488. In Germany Jakobs is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 38 percent live, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 23 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 15 percent live. Outside of Germany Jakobs exists in 55 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 7 percent live and The Netherlands, where 7 percent live.

Jakobs Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Jakobs has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Jakobs surname expanded 505 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Jakobs Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Jakobs surname are 21.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 68% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Jakobs earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 60.61% less than the national average, earning R 93,600 per year; in United States they earn 10.09% more than the national average, earning $47,503 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.06% more than the national average, earning $50,704 CAD per year.