Jacobso Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
China
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Jacobso Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Jacobso Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
China21:683,660,78330,601
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Jacobso Last Name Facts

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

The surname Jacobso is borne by more people in China than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Jacobso? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,193,072nd most commonly held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 40 percent of Jacobso reside; 40 percent reside in North America and 40 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most commonly held in China, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 683,660,783. Without taking into account China this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 40 percent live and Nigeria, where 20 percent live.

Jacobso Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Jacobso has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jacobsos932/
Jacobsoj931/
Jacobsa863/
Jacobszooh821/
Jakobsoo8050/
Jacobseu802/
Jakobscho751/
Jacobza7120/
Jakobsza671/
Jakobza5723/
Jocapco571/
Yacoubza534/
Jakopsza531/
Yakobsha531/
Yakoobsha501/
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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 Jacobso
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