Yakobus Surname

390,762nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 906 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Yakobus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yakobus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia8851:149,43414,696
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Yakobus (22,370) may also be a first name.

Yakobus Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yakobus is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yakobus? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 390,762nd most frequent last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 8,043,649 people. Yakobus is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Yakobus reside; 96 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 95 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 34,756th most frequently held forename in the world It is held by 22,370 people.

Yakobus is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is borne by 885 people, or 1 in 149,434. In Indonesia Yakobus is most prevalent in: North Sulawesi, where 38 percent live, Central Sulawesi, where 13 percent live and East Nusa Tenggara, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Indonesia this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live and Malaysia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jakobus86681/
Yacobus86301/
Yakabus8676/
Yakubus8661/
Yakobos8625/
Yokobus8619/
Jakobous8037/
Yakobosh8023/
Jakobuss8011/
Jackobus806/
Yacobush805/
Jakoubus801/
Yakovush801/
Jacobus718,729/
Jakubus71331/
Iacobus71102/
Jakobuß717/
Yacobos714/
Jakobos714/
Jakabus712/
Jakobuś712/
Yokubus711/
Yakubos711/
Iakobos711/
Jacobeus6741/
Jacoubus6710/
Jaccobus677/
Jacobous676/
Jacobæus676/
Jakubuss671/
Jacobujs671/
Jacobuss670/
Joycobus670/
Jaycobus670/

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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 Yakobus
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