Find out how popular the last name Jakub is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Jakub.

Jakub, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Jakub surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Jakub in America

Jakub is the 56588th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Jakub surname appeared 361 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Jakub.

We can also compare 2010 data for Jakub to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Jakub

The surname Jakub originated in Poland and is derived from the Hebrew name Jacob, which means "supplanter" or "one who follows." The name has its roots in the biblical figure Jacob, the son of Isaac and Rebecca, and the father of the twelve tribes of Israel.

In Poland, the name Jakub has a long and rich history dating back to the Middle Ages. It was a common name among the Jewish community in Poland, and many families adopted the name as their surname after the introduction of hereditary surnames in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Jakub can be found in the Galician Cadastral Records of 1789, which documented landowners and tenants in the region. The name is also mentioned in various historical documents and records from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, such as church registers and tax records.

Notable individuals with the surname Jakub include:

1. Jakub Wujek (1541-1597), a Polish Jesuit priest and biblical scholar who translated the Bible into Polish, known as the Jakub Wujek Bible.
2. Jakub Szelinski (1851-1924), a Polish painter and graphic artist known for his landscapes and portraits.
3. Jakub Mortkowicz (1876-1931), a Polish publisher and bookseller who founded the publishing house J. Mortkowicz in Warsaw.
4. Jakub Haur (1832-1912), a Polish architect and urban planner who designed numerous buildings in Krakow and other cities in Galicia.
5. Jakub Goldszmit (1892-1973), a Polish-born French painter and sculptor better known by his pseudonym Marc Chagall.

The surname Jakub has also been associated with various place names and geographical locations in Poland, such as the village of Jakubowice in the Lublin Voivodeship and the town of Jakubów in the Masovian Voivodeship. These place names often reflect the presence of individuals or families bearing the surname Jakub in those areas.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Jakub

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Jakub.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Jakub was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Jakub has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Jakub was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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