Jacenta Surname
Approximately 90 people bear this surname
Jacenta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 74 | 1:280,663 | 26,698 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Jacenta (7,123) may also be a first name.
Jacenta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jacenta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jacenta is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jacenta? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jacenta is the 1,967,751st most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 80,972,732 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Jacenta live; 82 percent live in Central Africa and 82 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 76,729th most frequent forename internationally, held by 7,123 people.
The surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 74 people, or 1 in 280,663. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 100 percent live. Outside of Cameroon this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 4 percent live and Uganda, where 4 percent live.
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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 Jacenta
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