Jackobsen Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Jackobsen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 13 | 1:434,209 | 28,556 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
Jackobsen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jackobsen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jackobsen occurs most in Denmark. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jackobsen? popularity and diffusion
The last name Jackobsen is the 4,427,875th most frequent surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Jackobsen is predominantly found in Europe, where 85 percent of Jackobsen reside; 85 percent reside in Northern Europe and 80 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The surname Jackobsen is most numerous in Denmark, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 434,209. In Denmark Jackobsen is mostly found in: Central Denmark Region, where 62 percent are found, Region of Southern Denmark, where 15 percent are found and Region Zealand, where 15 percent are found. Without taking into account Denmark it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 15 percent are found and The United States, where 10 percent are found.
Jackobsen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Jackobsen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Jackobsen last name declined 83 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 50 percent between 1881 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
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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
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