Jakup

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Jakup is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Kosovo than in any other country. Recorded meaning: a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Jacob or James.

rarermore common
  • XKKosovo≈1 in 1.4K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ALAlbania1 in 6.9K
  • FOFaroe Islands≈1 in 13K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Kosovo (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,400 people, est.

Sources
23 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.4K (inferred from the name graph)

Kosovo, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Jacob or James

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 27 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Jakup 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.

Where Jakup is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
XK Kosovo#125≈1,400 est.≈1 in 1.4K2.3KJakup3
AL Albania#6174451 in 6.9K445Jakup23
IT Italy—≈170 est.≈1 in 378K—Jakup2
CH Switzerland—≈100 est.≈1 in 81K11Jakup4
RS Serbia—≈92 est.≈1 in 76K—Jakup10
SI Slovenia#923361 in 58K38Jakup2
FO Faroe Islands—≈4 est.≈1 in 13K321—1

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: ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search); INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); Hagstova Føroya — Given names, living population (PX-Web, 2024); SURS — resident population given names; stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Jakup is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Switzerland

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Jákup

  • French given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Belgium

    Also written Jákup

  • Turkish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Sweden

    Also written Jákup

  • Spanish given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Faroe Islands, Philippines

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Jákup

  • Slovak given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Slovakia, Czechia

    Languages: Slovak, Czech

    Also written Jákup

36 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Jakup Ferri, b. 1832Jakup Kardović, b. 1869Jakup Keraj, b. 1933Jakup Ferri, b. 1981Jakup Berisha, b. 2000

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 33 sources across 20 countries.

Official registers attesting Jakup
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202411#56,728
SI Sloveniastat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank)—11#18,659

Reference works 4

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Jakup mean, and where does it come from?
a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Jacob or James Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Jakup a male or female name?
Jakup is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Jakup have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.4 thousand people named Jakup in Kosovo, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jakup.
How common is the name Jakup?
In Albania, the national register counted 445 people named Jakup, about 1 in 6.9 thousand residents.
How common is Jakup compared with other names?
In Kosovo, Jakup is the 125th most common given name of 3,412 given names 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, “Jakup” — the 125th most common given name in Kosovo. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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