Across the world, Jakobus (Jakobus 
, Iacobus 
) is quite a common masculine given name. The forename Jakobus is characteristic of South Africa, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Namibia, and Germany, where it is a rare masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in South Africa, Indonesia, and Germany. Very seldom, Jakobus is the last name as well as the forename.
Jakobus is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!
| jakobus von lüttich Franco-Flemish music theorist, BE (b. 1260) |
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jakobus greselius German theologian, DE (b. 1483) |
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| jakobus teodorus tabernemontanus (b. 1522) |
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| jakobus kritzraedt DE (b. 1602) |
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| jakobus illsung (b. 1632) |
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| jakobus leydekker (b. 1656) |
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jakobus everhardus gerardus catharinus dibbits Mayor of Zwaag, Netherlands (1904-1930), NL (b. 1873) |
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| jakobus josephus boncelet photographer *1847 (b. 1847) |
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jakobus de koning NL (b. 1896) |
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| jakobus h... delarey (b. 1847) |
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| jakobus cornelis augustinus weel Dutch photographer, NL (b. 1868) |
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| jakobus rooij holocaust victim, b. 1884-06-07 (b. 1884) |
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| jakobus linden German sculptor, DE (b. 1886) |
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| jakobus weidenmann (1886-1964), CH (b. 1886) |
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| jakobus augustin reimer AT (b. 1877) |
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