Jackals Surname

1,537,949th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 135 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Jackals Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jackals Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1301:416,75236,221
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529

Jackals Last Name Facts

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

The surname Jackals is most common in South Africa. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jackals? popularity and diffusion

The surname Jackals is the 1,537,949th most widespread last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 53,981,822 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Jackals live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 130 people, or 1 in 416,752. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Northern Cape, where 65 percent are found, North West, where 15 percent are found and Gauteng, where 14 percent are found. Beside South Africa it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Jackals Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Jackals has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Jackals last name fell 60 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Jackals Last Name Statistics demography

Jackals earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 30.44% less than the national average, earning R 165,312 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jakals924/
Jacals921/
Jacales86515/
Jakkals86249/
Jackols862/
Jackolls800/
Sakals7740/
Yakals775/
Jacols772/
Sakales7154/
Cakales714/
Sacales712/
Jocales712/
Jacoles711/
Cokales711/
Jockols711/
Jacools711/
Cacales711/
Cakkales671/
Joekales670/
Sakols6237/
Jokols621/
Eakols620/
Cocales5712/
Seikals573/
Jocalez573/
Sacoles571/
Heakols570/
Sacolles53161/
Cookooles500/
Cookholls500/

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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
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  • 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 Jackals
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