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

Yakobets (Russian: Якобец) is most common in Ukraine. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

The surname is the 807,857^th most commonly used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 21,062,271 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Yakobets are found; 99 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 97 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

It is most frequently held in Ukraine, where it is borne by 285 people, or 1 in 159,729. In Ukraine it is primarily found in: Chernivtsi Oblast, where 89 percent live, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, where 1 percent live and Odessa Oblast, where 1 percent live. Apart from Ukraine Yakobets exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 14 percent live and Belarus, where 1 percent live.

Yakobets Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Yakobets last name is primarily Orthodox (50%) in Russia and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Yakobets surname are 24.66% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 71.43% being registered to vote for the party.