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Family name Jakobs (Jakobs , จาคอบ , Якобс ) , all over the world, is a common surname. The cognomen Jakobs is habitual in Western Europe, particularly Germany, where it is quite a common surname, Luxembourg, where it is quite a rare surname, and Netherlands. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Germany, Netherlands, and South Africa. Much less frequently, Jakobs is the forename as well as the last name.