Giacob Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Giacob Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Giacob Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy171:3,597,452102,597
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
France11:66,422,722504,397

Giacob Last Name Facts

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

Giacob occurs in Italy more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Giacob? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,730,171st most widely held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname Giacob occurs predominantly in Europe, where 64 percent of Giacob live; 61 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 61 percent live in Italic Europe.

Giacob is most widespread in Italy, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 3,597,452. In Italy it is most prevalent in: Piedmont, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Italy this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 36 percent reside and France, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Iacob9138,774/
Iacobs837/
Giacov834/
Jiacob831/
Iacoub831/
Giakoub7717/
Giacope771/
Jacob73534,262/
Yacob7325,803/
Iacov73576/
Iakob73288/
Iacab7360/
Iacop739/
Sacob736/
Iocob734/
Cacob732/
Zacob731/
Eacob731/
Giacoppe7144/
Hajiacob717/
Giagkoub714/
Iacobova712/
Jacobs67416,143/
Yacoub67123,515/
Yaacob678,248/
Jackob674,285/
Yacoob672,068/
Jacoub671,828/
Jaccob67388/
Yahcob67160/
Yaccob67148/
Yacobs6796/
Jacobz6762/
Jacoob6756/
Ya'cob6744/
Jaicob6740/
Iacope6736/
Yackob6734/
Jaacob6726/
Sagcob6723/
Jaycob6722/
Jascob6714/
Jjacob679/
Jahcob678/
Iakoub678/
Jeacob678/
Tjacob678/
Djacob678/
Yacuob677/
Iakosb676/
Jacobp675/
Jacobh673/
Jhacob673/
Jacobt673/
Jajcob672/
Yaqcob672/
Jacosb672/
Iaqoob671/
Jyacob671/
Yoacob671/
Yhacob671/
Yaácob671/
Zoicob671/
Hiakob670/

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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 Giacob
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