Surname Jakus in modern Croatia

Jakus families are Croats and they are mostly from Trogir area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Trogir area and in Split. In Vrsine in Trogir area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Jakus.

Prevalence

About 620 people with faimily name Jakus live in Croatia today, in 260 households. There were 420 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 37 other places, mostly in Split (115), in Marina (80) and Vrsine (55) in Trogir area, Solin (50), and in Trogir (45).

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (3), Sweden (3), the United States (2), and to France (1).
Family name Jakus (including: Jakusz , Jackus , Yakus , Jakush , Yackus , Jackues , Jakues , Jakuess and Jakuss ) is present in 39 countries worldwide. The family name "Jakus " is used by some 1000 people in Hungary , about 800 in Poland , and some 500 people in the United States. "Yakus " is used by some 70 people in the United States and small number in Belarus. "Jakues " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Jakus, Ljubo Jakus, Marina Jakus, Sandra Jakus, Dragan Jakus, Lada Jakus, Mladenka Jakus, Siniša Jakus, Dalibor Jakus, Damir Jakus, Anton Jakus, Stipan Jakus, Ante Jakus, Drago Jakus, Vesela Jakus, Tanja Jakus, Ivica Jakus, Suzana Jakus, Vesna Jakus

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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