Jacobo
surname · Latin script
Meaning: From Hebrew Ya'aqob via Greek Iákobos and Latin Jacobus; Spanish form of Jacob
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/xakobo/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Jacobo is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- SVEl Salvador≈1 in 2.2K(inferred from the name graph)
- GTGuatemala≈1 in 4.9K
- PEPeru≈1 in 8.5K
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.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 279 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.2K (inferred from the name graph)
11,590 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
El Salvador, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- HebrewYa'aqob(measured from records)
- Greek Iákobosand(measured from records)
From Hebrew Ya'aqob via Greek Iákobos and Latin Jacobus; Spanish form of Jacob.
Sources 1
- Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios
Attested across 23 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Jacobo 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 11,590 | 1 in 29K | 12K | Jacobo | 279 |
| TZ Tanzania | — | ≈8,000 est. | ≈1 in 7.3K | — | Jacobo | 12 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈4,000 est. | ≈1 in 28K | — | Jacobo | 40 |
| PE Peru | — | ≈3,700 est. | ≈1 in 8.5K | — | Jacobo | 57 |
| GT Guatemala | #259 | ≈3,500 est. | ≈1 in 4.9K | — | Jacobo | 36 |
| SV El Salvador | #301 | ≈3,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.2K | — | Jacobo | 29 |
| DO Dominican Republic | #552 | ≈720 est. | ≈1 in 15K | — | Jacobo | 26 |
11,590 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Jacobo is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
from the Latin personal name Jacobus (see James, Giacomo).
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In Spanish, James, the son of Zebedee in the Bible
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Suplantador
as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
In Portuguese, alternative form of Jacó
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Clara Jacobob. 1898ITItalian singer
- Roberto Jacobb. 1950CLnot in their usual nameChilean politician
- Raúl Gutiérrezb. 1966MXnot in their usual nameMexican footballer and manager
- Jordan Jacobob. 1982USAmerican actor
- Alfredo Jacobob. 1982MXswimmer
- Luis Jacobob. 1991USAmerican basketball player
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 56 sources across 28 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 4.8K | #4,005 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 77 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 17 | #4,005 |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
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 Jacobo mean, and where does it come from?
- From Hebrew Ya'aqob via Greek Iákobos and Latin Jacobus; Spanish form of Jacob. Recorded by Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios.
- What are other forms of the name Jacobo?
- In the etymology graph, Yaqoob, Yacoub and Koppel are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Jacobo?
- A machine transcription gives /xakobo/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- In which country does Jacobo have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 12 thousand people named Jacobo, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jacobo.
- How common is the name Jacobo?
- In the United States, the national register counted 11,590 people named Jacobo in 2010, about 1 in 29 thousand residents.
- How common is Jacobo compared with other names?
- In Guatemala, Jacobo is the 259th most common surname of 54,341 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jacoboThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Jacobo” — the 259th most common surname in Guatemala. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.