Job Surname

7,969th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 71,216 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Vanuatu

Job Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Job'; v. Jupp, Chubb, Jobling, &c. Job was a favourite personal name in the hereditary surname period, and in consequence has left many descendants. No doubt the Mystery Plays had much to do with its popularity.

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Job 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
Nigeria30,0601:5,893728
Chad4,7181:2,881504
Angola3,7471:7,203937
United States3,2921:110,10312,000
India2,8771:266,62015,277
Papua New Guinea2,5231:3,232151
France2,4791:26,7943,216
South Africa2,3891:22,6782,879
Sudan2,2401:16,7462,298
Tanzania1,6181:32,7203,848
Kenya1,5841:29,1543,226
Australia1,2801:21,0902,926
Poland1,0291:36,9385,739
England1,0281:54,2006,598
Saudi Arabia7951:38,8125,622
Germany7471:107,77213,313
Ghana6231:43,3724,874
Brazil5501:389,22614,872
Canada5451:67,6077,793
Philippines5391:187,82630,014
Namibia5101:4,724877
Trinidad and Tobago4991:2,733464
Belgium4481:25,6624,070
Mexico4051:306,4846,847
Morocco3411:101,10317,469
Malawi2611:65,5908,693
Italy2541:240,77432,744
Israel2491:34,3684,805
Cameroon2471:84,08510,225
Egypt2141:429,60625,756
United Arab Emirates2111:43,4234,416
Switzerland1981:41,4795,822
Vanuatu1971:1,336359
Solomon Islands1741:3,334359
New Zealand1641:27,6124,833
Czechia1531:69,50011,666
DR Congo1441:513,05340,658
Wales1321:23,4432,472
Portugal1041:100,1754,850
Hong Kong981:74,8521,406
Netherlands901:187,63526,551
Zimbabwe901:171,53620,949
Malaysia861:342,95618,348
Bahrain731:18,4743,432
Argentina511:838,10654,910
Haiti491:218,0398,036
Pakistan471:3,800,93427,883
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines471:2,397428
Spain471:994,72437,216
Botswana441:49,7039,263
Ecuador431:369,9039,697
Scotland431:124,5077,876
Singapore431:128,0865,748
Austria421:202,74825,305
Slovenia411:60,6759,198
Denmark401:141,11812,512
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Uganda321:1,219,97748,798
Benin311:333,40726,304
Croatia301:140,95319,667
Thailand301:2,354,612261,046
Marshall Islands291:1,787432
Curaçao281:5,616151
Indonesia281:4,723,186228,527
Barbados251:11,498820
Rwanda251:454,5991,711
Liberia241:183,68912,460
Ivory Coast191:1,214,27527,625
China181:75,962,3094,162
Guyana181:42,3464,061
Jersey171:5,8351,193
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
Oman161:230,4983,970
Slovakia151:355,76348,124
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Northern Ireland91:205,0049,958
Saint Lucia91:19,8651,494
South Sudan91:1,268,3421,210
Venezuela91:3,356,00933,931
Nicaragua81:752,6364,372
Iran71:10,968,932186,522
Mauritius61:215,5708,537
Afghanistan51:6,430,63727,710
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Vietnam51:18,529,2113,282
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Burundi41:2,451,2131,279
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
Puerto Rico41:887,5354,548
Senegal41:3,644,8366,064
Taiwan41:5,861,18633,577
Yemen41:6,606,32425,896
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
Cambodia31:5,162,38210,688
Cape Verde31:176,5474,737
Grenada31:36,1781,426
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Burkina Faso21:9,176,05023,741
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Maldives21:202,0864,973
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland331:134,2387,606
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England7271:33,5294,421
Wales1591:9,864600
Scotland131:287,9409,345
Jersey41:12,9712,116
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8471:59,2906,550

The alternate forms: Jób (28) are calculated separately.

Job (179,027) may also be a first name.

Job Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Job'; v. Jupp, Chubb, Jobling, &c. Job was a favourite personal name in the hereditary surname period, and in consequence has left many descendants. No doubt the Mystery Plays had much to do with its popularity.

William Jobba, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Elvas Jobbe, Suffolk, ibid.

John fil. Job, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Nicholas Jobbe, vicar of Swerdeston, Norfolk, 1318: History of Norfolk.

1567. Married — Thomas Jackson and Elizabeth Jobson: St. Dionis Backchurch (London).

1589. Baptised — Katherine, d. Michael Jobson: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1672. Thomas Clithero and Jane Job: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

A common personal name in England in the Middle Ages, which does not necessarily point to Semitic origin. It was early softened to Jopp in the north of England and in Scotland.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

'son of Job.' Janet Jobsone in Edinburgh, 1618 (Edinb. Mart.), Andrew Jobson was portioner of Wolfclyde, parish of Culter, 1650 (Lanark CR.), and David Jobson was writer in Dundee, 1791 (Brechin).

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(Hebrew) Persecuted [Hebrew Iúóbh] Job, the haly man.—Hampole, The Pricke of Conscience, 760.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Descendant of Job (persecuted).

— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

The personal name, whence also Jobson.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(Hebrew.) Sorrowful; patient.

— An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

The son of Job.

— An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

User-submitted Reference

Originally from the German surname, Jopp. When they immigrated it was mispronounced and misspelt by others and became Yopp. Jopp means 'persecuted one', after the character Job in the bible who was plagued with illness.

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Job Demographics

Average Job Salary in
United States

$45,637 USD

Per year
Rank:
555,513 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000925213
Rank: 11,754 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
105.76%
Sample size: 1,729 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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Job Last Name Facts

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

Job (Arabic: جوب, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻮﺏ, Hindi: जोब, Marathi: जोब) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as: Jób. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Job? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,969th most frequent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 102,330 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 69 percent of Job live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 43 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Job is also the 5,872nd most frequently held first name globally, held by 179,027 people.

The last name Job is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 30,060 people, or 1 in 5,893. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Akwa Ibom, where 18 percent reside, Rivers, where 9 percent reside and Kogi, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in 137 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 7 percent reside and Angola, where 5 percent reside.

Job Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Job has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 389 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 141 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it decreased 17 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 331 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 94 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Job Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Job last name is chiefly Presbyterian (73%) in Ireland, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (98%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those holding the Job surname are 5.75% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.52% registered with the political party.

The amount Job earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 1.34% more than the national average, earning 350,717 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 27.7% less than the national average, earning R 171,804 per year; in United States they earn 5.77% more than the national average, earning $45,637 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.07% more than the national average, earning $54,190 CAD per year.

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
Jób8928/
Jobs861,546/
Djob861,236/
Joob86105/
Joeb8679/
Ejob8645/
Ajob8638/
Johb8623/
Ijob8617/
Jiob8612/
Joub869/
Joib867/
Ojob866/
Jgob864/
Jobt864/
Josb863/
Jobh862/
Joyb862/
Jyob862/
Ujob861/
Jhob861/
Jojb861/
Jobz861/
Juob861/
Jobd861/
Tjob861/
Jobsz75149/
Djoub7564/
Jihob7515/
Jijob756/
Jochb755/
Jhoeb754/
Joobs754/
Ijoub754/
Hjoub753/
Joshb752/
Josbh751/
Jieob751/
Djobd751/
Ejoub751/
Jscob751/
Jhobh751/
Joobz751/
Cob678,138/
Jop674,172/
Jow672,808/
Sob672,642/
Hob672,541/
Yob672,065/
Jab671,972/
Iob671,831/
Jov671,051/
Zob67332/
Jobová67186/
Jub67114/
Jof6726/
Jobova6713/
Eob6710/
Ajjoub674/
Ajhoub672/
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Job Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Job in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺟﻮﺏjwb-
Job in the Hindi language
जोबjoba97.56
जोबीjobi2.44
Job in the Marathi language
जोबjoba51.5
जॉबjoba48.17
Job in the Arabic language
جوبjwb-

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