Jockey Surname
Approximately 263 people bear this surname
Jockey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 133 | 1:1,331,900 | 52,479 |
| Papua New Guinea | 49 | 1:166,402 | 23,077 |
| Malaysia | 24 | 1:1,228,926 | 53,021 |
| Lesotho | 21 | 1:96,788 | 10,857 |
| Afghanistan | 16 | 1:2,009,574 | 14,441 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
Jockey (530) may also be a first name.
Jockey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jockey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jockey (Arabic: جوكي, Marathi: जोकेय) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jockey? popularity and diffusion
Jockey is the 980,795th most widely held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 27,709,300 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Jockey live; 51 percent live in West Africa and 51 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 366,410th most frequent first name internationally, held by 530 people.
The surname Jockey is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 133 people, or 1 in 1,331,900. In Nigeria Jockey is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 44 percent are found, Akwa Ibom, where 44 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 19 percent are found and Malaysia, where 9 percent are found.
Jockey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Jockey has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Jockey surname contracted 87 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jockey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jockey in the Marathi language | ||
| जोकेय | jokeya | - |
| Jockey in the Arabic language | ||
| جوكي | jwky | - |
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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
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- 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 Jockey
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