Jocabs Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Jocabs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jocabs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia131:339,11818,650
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Jocabs Last Name Facts

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

The last name Jocabs is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jocabs? popularity and diffusion

The last name Jocabs is the 4,908,606th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Jocabs reside; 81 percent reside in West Africa and 81 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.

The surname is most widespread in Liberia, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 339,118. In Liberia Jocabs is most numerous in: Montserrado County, where 62 percent reside and Grand Bassa County, where 38 percent reside. Without taking into account Liberia this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jocab91342/
Jocobs83109/
Jacabs8316/
Joucab831/
Jockab831/
Joscobs771/
Joccobs770/
Jocob734,696/
Jacab73141/
Jokab7320/
Cocab7311/
Socab733/
Yocab731/
Iocab731/
Jocap731/
Joyscaps711/
Jacobs67416,143/
Jakobs6716,055/
Soucab6718/
Jokkab6715/
Jackab6713/
Jokhab676/
Joccob675/
Cocabh673/
Jokobs673/
Jocoub673/
Hocaps672/
Zoucab671/
Joycob671/
Jáçobs671/
Jockob671/
Jazobs671/
Jacaps670/
Jucobs670/

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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 Jocabs
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