Acobs Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Acobs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Acobs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Acobs Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Acobs Come From? nationality or country of origin

Acobs occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Acobs? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,063,924th most commonly used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Acobs live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Acobs is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Federal Capital Territory, where 63 percent live, Akwa Ibom, where 13 percent live and Lagos, where 13 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 10 percent live and The United States, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gacobs912/
Hacobs912/
Ajcobs911/
Acob8911,275/
Hacob8032/
Acoob8012/
Acoub8012/
Accob8010/
Aycob804/
Gacob804/
Aacob802/
Eacob801/
Ascob801/
Hacoub733/
Ackoub732/
Gacovs731/
Acab672,116/
Acop672,074/
Akob671,085/
Aqob67424/
Ocob676/
Acov675/
Gackovs672/
Aichops671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Acobs
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