Jaacobs Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Jaacobs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Jaacobs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jaacobs Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jaacobs is carried by more people in Canada than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Jaacobs.
How Common Is The Last Name Jaacobs? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 10,311,814th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Jaacobs live; 67 percent live in North America and 67 percent live in Anglo-North America.
This surname is most widespread in Canada, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 36,845,591. In Canada it is most frequent in: Ontario, where 100 percent reside. Not including Canada this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 33 percent reside and The United States, where 33 percent reside.
Jaacobs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Jaacobs has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Jaacobs last name fell 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Jaacobs
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