The Jakob surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 912 people carried this name — #26,695 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 322,600 people counted. That is up 20% from 759 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
2,934 people named Jakob live in Switzerland.
They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Poland’s population register
317 people named Jakob have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 432 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 168 people named Jakob.
38 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 82 people named Jakob live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
224 people named Jakob is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Jakob,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ludwig Heinrich von Jakob 1759–1827 · economist -
Lauper Jakob 1815–1891 · explorer -
Jakob Müller d. 1676 · historian
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Ignaz Jakob 1758–1788
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Johannes Jakob 1804–1868 · politician
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Johannes Jakob 1840–1898 · businessperson
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Jakob.
- Jagodzinski 1,131 · U.S. census
- Jahan 1,386 · U.S. census
- Jahn 4,850 · U.S. census
- Jaillet 266 · U.S. census
- Jaime 13,532 · U.S. census
- Jain 11,626 · U.S. census
- Jakobs 199 · U.S. census
- Jakubczak 376 · U.S. census
- Jakubiak 684 · U.S. census
- Jakubowicz 434 · U.S. census
- Jakubowski 3,513 · U.S. census
- Jalbert 2,306 · U.S. census
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