Jackobus Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Guyana

Jackobus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jackobus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Jackobus (80) may also be a first name.

Jackobus Last Name Facts

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

The last name Jackobus is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Jackobus? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,593,402nd most commonly used family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 50 percent of Jackobus are found; 50 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 50 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Jackobus is also the 1,075,395th most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 80 people.

It is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 2,717,906. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Madang, where 33 percent reside, Morobe, where 33 percent reside and Western, where 33 percent reside. Beside Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Guyana, where 17 percent reside and Indonesia, where 17 percent reside.

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Jakobuß807/
Jacabus805/
Jakobos804/
Jakabus802/
Jakobuś802/
Jacóbus801/
Jacobuce759/
Yacobush755/
Jakubuss751/
Joycobus750/
Jakabos67310/
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Jakubos6762/
Yakubus6761/
Socobus6745/
Yakobos6725/
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Jakubuś676/
Yacobos674/
Iacobuş671/
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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 Jackobus
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