Jakobus Surname

487,389th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 681 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Namibia

Jakobus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jakobus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1981:273,62527,113
Germany1551:519,39043,831
Namibia1391:17,3343,060
Indonesia1271:1,041,33275,890
Poland501:760,17561,940
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

The alternate forms: Jakobuś (2) are calculated separately.

Jakobus (11,778) may also be a first name.

Jakobus Last Name Facts

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

The last name Jakobus is most common in South Africa. It may be rendered as a variant: Jakobuś. Click here for further possible spellings of Jakobus.

How Common Is The Last Name Jakobus? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 487,389th most frequently held family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 10,701,242 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 49 percent of Jakobus reside; 49 percent reside in Southern Africa and 49 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Jakobus is also the 54,891st most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 11,778 people.

This last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 198 people, or 1 in 273,625. In South Africa Jakobus is most numerous in: Western Cape, where 69 percent reside, Eastern Cape, where 14 percent reside and Gauteng, where 7 percent reside. Other than South Africa this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 23 percent reside and Namibia, where 20 percent reside.

Jakobus Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Jakobus earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 69.04% less than the national average, earning R 73,584 per year and in United States they earn 101.82% more than the national average, earning $87,083 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jakobuś952/
Jakobous9337/
Jakobuss9311/
Jackobus936/
Jakoubus931/
Jacobus868,729/
Yakobus86906/
Jakubus86331/
Jakobuß867/
Jakobos864/
Jakabus862/
Jacobeus8041/
Jacoubus8010/
Jaccobus807/
Jacobous806/
Jacobæus806/
Jakubuss801/
Jacobujs801/
Jaycobus800/
Jacobuss800/
Jacobusse75189/
Jakabos71310/
Yacobus71301/
Iacobus71102/
Yakabus7176/
Jakubos7162/
Yakubus7161/
Jacobos7135/
Jacubus7134/
Yakobos7125/
Yokobus7119/
Jocobus718/
Jacovus717/
Jakubuś716/
Jacabus715/
Jacóbus711/
Iakobos711/
Jocabus711/
Yakobosh6723/
Jakubosz6720/
Jacobuce679/
Yacobush675/
Yakovush671/
Joycobus670/

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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 Jakobus
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