| ![Show Contents]() Jakob History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Jakob familyThe surname Jakob was first found in Denmark where the name is a patronymic name derived from "the son of Jacob," which in turn is derived from biblical given name Yaakov ("supplanter" or "follower"). 1 Early History of the Jakob familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Jakob research. The years 1896, 1902 and 1982 are included under the topic Early Jakob History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Jakob Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Jacobsen, Jakobsen. and others. Early Notables of the Jakob familyProminent among bearers of this surname in early times were - Roman Osipovich Jakobson (1896-1982), Russian born linguist, and Arne Jacobsen (1902-71), Danish architect and designer, who became the leading exponent of Modernism
| Jakob migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Jakob Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Christian Jakob, who settled in America in 1738
- Philip Jakob, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1738 2
Jakob Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Johs Jakob, aged 27, who landed in America in 1853 2
- Amalie Jakob, who arrived in North America in 1864 2
- Louis, Jakob Sr., who arrived in Cincinnati, Oh in 1869-1870 2
- Abraham Jakob, who landed in Cincinnati, Oh in 1869 2
| Contemporary Notables of the name Jakob (post 1700) | + |
- Kjell Jakob Sollie (b. 1953), Norwegian cross-country skier who competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics
- Walter Jakob Gehring (1939-2014), Swiss developmental biologist, winner of the Balzan Prize for Developmental Biology in 2002
- Ernst Jakob Renz (1815-1892), German founder of Circus Olympic in 1842, now named Circus Renz
- Hans Jakob Reiter (1921-1992), Austrian mathematician
- Johann Jakob Engel (1741-1802), German author, tutor to Friedrich Wilhelm III, and director of the Royal Theater
- Johann Jakob Moser (1701-1785), German jurist
- Gottlieb Jakob Planck (1751-1833), German Protestant divine and historian
- Johann Jakob Biedermann (1763-1830), Swiss painter and etcher
- Johann Jakob Scherer (1825-1878), Swiss politician
- Heinz Jakob Althoff (b. 1894), German writer
- Smith, Eldson Coles, New Dictionary of American Family Names New York: Harper & Row, 1956. Print
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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