Jakobsons Surname

416,572nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 835 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Jakobsons Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jakobsons Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia7141:2,871360
United States561:6,472,481306,764
England251:2,228,72284,230
Norway121:428,52437,411
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Jākobsons (11) are calculated separately.

Jakobsons Last Name Facts

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

Jakobsons is found in Latvia more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Jākobsons. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Jakobsons? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 416,572nd most frequent family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,727,600 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of Jakobsons reside; 90 percent reside in Northern Europe and 86 percent reside in Baltic Europe.

Jakobsons is most frequently held in Latvia, where it is carried by 714 people, or 1 in 2,871. In Latvia it is mostly concentrated in: Riga Planning Region, where 81 percent reside, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 6 percent reside and Latgale, where 6 percent reside. Besides Latvia this surname exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent reside and England, where 3 percent reside.

Jakobsons Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Jakobsons are 39.63% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 92.86% registered with the party.

The amount Jakobsons earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 12.9% less than the national average, earning 301,446 kr per year; in United States they earn 20.86% more than the national average, earning $52,148 USD per year and in Canada they earn 130.6% more than the national average, earning $114,571 CAD per year.

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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
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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 Jakobsons
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