Jácobo
surname · Latin script
Jácobo is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Mexico than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Latin Iācōbus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿăqōḇ). Compare Diego, Santiago, Yago.
- SVEl Salvador≈1 in 2.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- MXMexico≈1 in 3K
- GTGuatemala≈1 in 3.4K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Mexico (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 279 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈44,000 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
El Salvador, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Jacobo in MX Mexico, US United States, PE Peru and 4 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)- LatinIācōbus(measured from records)
- Ancient GreekἸάκωβοςIákōbos(measured from records)
- Biblical HebrewיַעֲקֹבYaʿăqōḇ(measured from records)
Borrowed from Latin Iācōbus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿăqōḇ). Compare Diego, Santiago, Yago.
Cited for this meaning 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wiktionary
- Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios
Attested across 24 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Jácobo counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MX Mexico | #377 | ≈44,000 est. | ≈1 in 3K | 840 | Jacobo | 190 |
| US United States | — | 11,590 | 1 in 29K | 12K | Jacobo | 279 |
| TZ Tanzania | — | ≈9,500 est. | ≈1 in 7.2K | — | Jacobo | 12 |
| GT Guatemala | #259 | ≈5,400 est. | ≈1 in 3.4K | — | Jacobo | 36 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈4,500 est. | ≈1 in 26K | — | Jacobo | 40 |
| PE Peru | — | ≈4,100 est. | ≈1 in 8.3K | — | Jacobo | 57 |
| SV El Salvador | #301 | ≈3,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.1K | — | Jacobo | 29 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: RENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Jácobo mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowed from Latin Iācōbus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿăqōḇ). Compare Diego, Santiago, Yago. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Wiktionary and 1 other source.
- In which country does Jácobo have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 44 thousand people named Jácobo in Mexico, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jacobo.
- How common is the name Jácobo?
- In the United States, the national register counted 11,590 people named Jácobo in 2010, about 1 in 29 thousand residents.
- How common is Jácobo compared with other names?
- In Mexico, Jácobo is the 377th most common surname of 206,803 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jácobo” — the 377th most common surname in Mexico. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.