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
The last name Jockey (Arabic: جوكي, Marathi: जोकेय) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jockey? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 980,795th most frequently held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 27,709,300 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Jockey are found; 51 percent are found in West Africa and 51 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 366,410th most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 530 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 133 people, or 1 in 1,331,900. In Nigeria Jockey is most prevalent in: Delta, where 44 percent are found, Akwa Ibom, where 44 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 8 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Jockey occurs 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 through the years. In England the share of the population with the 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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