Jaacob Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Jaacob Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Jaacob (18) may also be a first name.
Jaacob Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jaacob Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jaacob is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jaacob? popularity and diffusion
Jaacob is the 3,882,373rd most numerous surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. Jaacob occurs mostly in Africa, where 54 percent of Jaacob live; 54 percent live in West Africa and 54 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 18 people.
The last name Jaacob is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Akwa Ibom, where 50 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 36 percent reside and Kogi, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 38 percent reside and India, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Jaacob
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