Joacob Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Joacob Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Joacob 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
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Joacob (11) may also be a first name.

Joacob Last Name Facts

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

The surname Joacob occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Joacob? popularity and diffusion

The last name Joacob is the 5,213,395th most frequent last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Joacob occurs mostly in Africa, where 79 percent of Joacob reside; 79 percent reside in West Africa and 79 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Joacob is also the 3,487,849th most widely held given name worldwide, held by 11 people.

It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 16,103,887. In Nigeria Joacob is mostly found in: Oyo, where 45 percent live, Ogun, where 27 percent live and Lagos, where 18 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria Joacob occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 14 percent live and Germany, where 7 percent live.

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
Joacobs927/
Jaocob832/
Yoacob831/
Jaocobs771/
Yoakob671/
Yoocob671/
Yoaqoob624/
Yo'ocob621/
Djouakop571/
Soaqab5011/
Yaokob502/
Yaoqob502/
Yooqab501/
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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 Joacob
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