Jockthan Surname

737,137th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 392 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Jockthan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jockthan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3901:454,21223,182
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Jockthan (61) may also be a first name.

Jockthan Last Name Facts

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

Jockthan has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Jockthan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 737,137th most widespread family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 18,590,678 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Jockthan live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Jockthan is also the 1,257,960th most commonly occurring first name world-wide It is held by 61 people.

Jockthan is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 390 people, or 1 in 454,212. In Nigeria it is most common in: Adamawa, where 76 percent reside, Plateau, where 9 percent reside and Taraba, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jocktan93591/
Jocthan93507/
Jokthan9327/
Jocktane88771/
Joctahan881/
Jocktham881/
Joctan86258/
Joktan8641/
Jockthong822/
Jacthan8018/
Joctham8012/
Jacktan806/
Jockton804/
Jucthan801/
Jocthon801/
Joctane801/
Jokthong7549/
Jocktong752/
Jogthand752/
Jukthang751/
Jocktoon750/
Yoktan71204/
Jactan71110/
Jocton7116/
Coktan712/
Caktan711/
Juckthong711/
Zoctan711/
Yoctan711/
Jokton711/
Jaktan711/
Coctan710/
Jackton67243/
Cockton67154/
Yoktham6746/
Sooktan6725/
Yoktang6725/
Joktong6717/
Jiocton677/
Zacktan677/
Sakthan675/
Jakthon671/
Souktan671/
Jakhtan671/
Cagthan671/
Jokthom671/

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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 Jockthan
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