Jakup

Name: Jakup: recorded bearers, distribution and rank
Creator: Mondonomo
Published: 2026-09-12

given name · Albanian · Latin script

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

Jakup is a given name, most frequently recorded in Kosovo, where it is the 65th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Albanian and Croatian, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Jacob or James.

rarermore common

ALAlbania1 in 6.9K◐
XKKosovo1 in 605
MEMontenegro1 in 18K

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

: ≈659 ●
Sources: 26 ●
: 1 in 6.9K ◐

Meaning & origin●

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

Sources 1

kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 28 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Jakup is recorded, by country
Country						Most common spelling	Sources
XK Kosovo	#65	780	1.4K rec.	—	2.3K	Jakup	3
AL Albania	#844	445	2.4K rec.	1 in 6.9K	445	Jakup	26
US United States	—	166	170 rec.	—	listed	Jakup	24
DK Denmark	—	69	—	1 in 85K	69	—	—
SE Sweden	—	61△	8 rec.	1 in 167K	61	Jakup	3
IT Italy	—	52	55 rec.	—	—	Jakup	3
RS Serbia	—	40	24 rec.	—	—	Jakup	11
SI Slovenia	—	36	18 rec.	1 in 58K	38	Jakup	3
CH Switzerland	—	27	23 rec.	—	11	Jakup	6
GB United Kingdom	—	26	12 rec.	—	—	Jakup	9
HR Croatia	—	21	56 rec.	1 in 201K	21	Jakup	11
BA Bosnia & Herzegovina	—	12	3 rec.	—	—	Jakup	5
ME Montenegro	#559	9	1 rec.	—	—	Jakup	4
PL Poland	—	7	—	1 in 5.5M	7	—	—
CZ Czechia	—	6	—	1 in 1.8M	6	—	—
NL Netherlands	—	6△	2 rec.	1 in 2.9M	6	—	2
BE Belgium	—	6	8 rec.	—	6	Jakup	2
FI Finland	—	5	—	1 in 1.1M	30	—	—
IS Iceland	—	3	—	1 in 117K	3	—	—
FO Faroe Islands	—	—	1 rec.	—	321	—	1
NO Norway	—	—	3 rec.	—	80	—	2
AT Austria	—	—	—	—	9	—	—
DE Germany	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
EE Estonia	—	—	0 rec.	—	listed	—	1
ID Indonesia	—	—	—	—	listed	—	—
IN India	—	—	—	—	13	—	—

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages●

Albanian2.5K40%
Croatian83913%
Danish81013%
German5399%
English3125%

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Languages in which the name is recorded
Name	Records	Note
Albanian	2,460	40%
Croatian	839	13%
Danish	810	13%
German	539	9%
English	312	5%

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

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

German given name1.3K records spelled Jakup8 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Germany, United States, Austria, United Kingdom
Languages: German, English, Western Frisian
Also written Jákup
French given name198 records spelled Jakup3 spellings in the group
Most recorded in France, Belgium
Also written Jákup
Turkish given name90 records spelled Jakup3 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Kosovo, Türkiye
Also written Jákup
Spanish given name85 records spelled Jakup4 spellings in the group
Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom
Languages: Spanish, Portuguese
Also written Jákup
Czech given name54 records spelled Jakup4 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Czechia, Slovakia
Languages: Czech, Slovak
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.

Over time●

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Jakup in ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search), Kosovo, 1874–2024
Year	records
1874	1
1875	3
1878	1
1880	2
1881	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	1
1890	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1895	1
1897	3
1898	2
1899	4
1900	5
1901	2
1902	4
1903	4
1904	3
1905	3
1906	2
1907	4
1908	2
1909	9
1910	7
1911	3
1912	7
1913	4
1914	2
1915	4
1916	5
1917	5
1918	8
1919	6
1920	11
1921	5
1922	8
1923	4
1924	3
1925	10
1926	14
1927	11
1928	13
1929	20
1930	21
1931	17
1932	10
1933	13
1934	21
1935	24
1936	27
1937	25
1938	39
1939	19
1940	31
1941	20
1942	31
1943	26
1944	32
1945	42
1946	34
1947	37
1948	34
1949	39
1950	48
1951	34
1952	39
1953	31
1954	33
1955	52
1956	47
1957	54
1958	46
1959	46
1960	70
1961	65
1962	44
1963	35
1964	44
1965	44
1966	43
1967	43
1968	38
1969	45
1970	50
1971	35
1972	35
1973	37
1974	30
1975	34
1976	22
1977	25
1978	16
1979	23
1980	21
1981	14
1982	22
1983	20
1984	16
1985	10
1986	13
1987	16
1988	16
1989	13
1990	11
1991	6
1992	12
1993	5
1994	7
1995	9
1996	7
1997	5
1998	7
1999	14
2000	4
2001	8
2002	5
2003	9
2004	8
2005	2
2006	8
2007	7
2008	6
2009	5
2010	9
2011	6
2012	8
2013	6
2014	3
2015	4
2016	3
2017	5
2018	6
2019	2
2020	3
2021	3
2022	2
2023	6
2024	2

XK ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) — 141 years between 1874–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

Jakup Ferrib. 1832MEAlbanian activist involved in the Albanian National Awakening
Jakup Kardovićb. 1869MEpolitician
Jakup Kerajb. 1933ALAlbanian painter
Jakup Ferrib. 1981NLDutch drawer (born 1981)
Jakup Berishab. 2000MKNorth Macedonian footballer
Jakup Mujaactor
Jakup Hans Heinesenmusher

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●

Attested in 33 sources across 20 countries.

Official registers attesting Jakup
Country	Register	Year	Count	Rank
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	—	2.3K	#310
AL Albania	INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts)	—	445	#1,027
NO Norway	SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)	—	80	#8,920
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1960	70	—
DK Denmark	Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)	—	69	#1,876
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1961	65	—
SE Sweden	Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)	—	61	#11,918
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1957	54	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1955	52	—
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2020	50	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1970	50	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1950	48	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1956	47	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1959	46	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1958	46	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1969	45	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1965	44	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1964	44	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1962	44	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1967	43	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1966	43	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1945	42	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1952	39	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1949	39	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1938	39	—
SI Slovenia	stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank)	—	38	#2,545
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2020	38	#1,160
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1968	38	—
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2024	37	#1,266
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1973	37	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1947	37	—
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2025	36	#1,303
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2014	36	#1,054
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2013	36	#1,051
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2012	36	#1,040
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2010	36	#1,044
FI Finland	DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)	—	30	#16,513
FI Finland	DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)	—	30	#15,302
HR Croatia	DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)	2021	21	#3,649
HR Croatia	DZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021)	2021	13	—
IN India	Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls	—	13	#4,404
CH Switzerland	BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)	2024	11	#56,728
SI Slovenia	stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank)	—	11	#18,659
AT Austria	Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024)	2019	9	#1,190
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)	—	7	#12,582
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)	2026	7	#13,601
BE Belgium	Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)	2008	6	#90,949
CZ Czechia	MVČR — living population register 2017	—	6	#7,628
NL Netherlands	Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)	—	6	#38,231
NL Netherlands	Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)	—	6	#24,300
FI Finland	DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register)	—	5	—
IS Iceland	Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry)	2024	2	#11,315
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	2024	2	—
AT Austria	Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present)	2019	2	#1,429
DE Germany	Stadt Leipzig Open Data — Vornamensstatistik Neugeborene	2024	1	#2
DE Germany	Stadt Düsseldorf Open Data — Vornamen Neugeborene	2009	1	—
EE Estonia	Siseministeerium — population register name list 2023	2023	—	—
ID Indonesia	KPU voter-roll name tokens (GitHub)	—	—	—
DE Germany	Stadt München Open Data — Vornamen von Nulljährigen	2024	—	—
US United States	wru Name Dictionary — US surnames (Census 2010 + voter-file supplement)	—	—	—

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.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Jakup?: We estimate roughly 659 people bear Jakup (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.
In which country does Jakup have the most bearers?: Jakup is most frequently recorded in Kosovo, where it is most often spelled jakup.
How common is Jakup compared with other names?: In Kosovo, Jakup is the 65th most common given name of 6,371 given names recorded there.
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.
What does the name Jakup mean?: Recorded meaning: a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Jacob or James

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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

Data snapshot 2026-09-12. Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

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 65th most common given name in Kosovo. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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