In Croatia, Jakovov families are Croats (from Bjelovar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and in Bjelovar area. In Stari Pavljani in Bjelovar every tenth inhabitant had the family name Jakovov.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Jakovov live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are located in only four naselja i to in Stari Pavljani (15), Babotok in Bjelovar area (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Petrinja (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Jakovov is present in 8 countries on three continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.