Name Jakob.

  • Name Jakob in modern Croatia

    Jakob is a male name, in Croatia exclusively Croatian. It is one of the quite common names (among the top thousand) in Croatia, with over a thousand namesakes living there.

  • The relative popularity of names Jakob in Croatia

    The name Jakob was the most popular from years 1921 to 1928. The peak year was 1922. It was the least popular from years 1974 to 1984.

  • Prevalence

    Name Jakob is present almost exclusively in the north of the country. Most of the persons named Jakob live in the following cities and municipalities: Zagreb (about one hundred), Osijek (about thirty), Đakovo (about twenty). Relatively speaking, the city with the highest percentage of namesakes is Novo Virje (0.45% of total population).

  • Name Jakob around the globe

    See the countries where name Jakob is common, frequency and prevalence at mondonomo.ai

  • Mentions in sources

    In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over four hundred times, the first time 1516 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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