Jacob's Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Jacob's Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Jacob's Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jacob's Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jacob's is borne by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jacob's? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,360,413th most frequent family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Jacob's occurs predominantly in Africa, where 56 percent of Jacob's live; 44 percent live in East Africa and 44 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most numerous in England, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 13,929,515. In England Jacob's is most frequent in: Kent, where 100 percent live. Not including England it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 44 percent live and South Africa, where 11 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 Jacob's
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