Jocobus Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Jocobus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Jocobus (29) may also be a first name.
Jocobus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jocobus Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jocobus is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jocobus? popularity and diffusion
Jocobus is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 63 percent of Jocobus reside; 63 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 63 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Jocobus is also the 1,951,561st most widely held first name at a global level, held by 29 people.
The surname Jocobus is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 1,630,743. In Papua New Guinea Jocobus is most common in: Western, where 100 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea Jocobus is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent are found and South Africa, where 13 percent are found.
Jocobus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Jocobus has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Jocobus last name declined 78 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joycobus | 93 | 0 | / |
| Jacobus | 86 | 8,729 | / |
| Socobus | 86 | 45 | / |
| Jocabus | 86 | 1 | / |
| Jacobeus | 80 | 41 | / |
| Jacoubus | 80 | 10 | / |
| Jaccobus | 80 | 7 | / |
| Jacobous | 80 | 6 | / |
| Jackobus | 80 | 6 | / |
| Jacobæus | 80 | 6 | / |
| Jacobujs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Jacobuss | 80 | 0 | / |
| Jacobu | 77 | 163 | / |
| Yocobu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jacobusse | 75 | 189 | / |
| Jakobus | 71 | 681 | / |
| Yacobus | 71 | 301 | / |
| Iacobus | 71 | 102 | / |
| Jacobos | 71 | 35 | / |
| Jacubus | 71 | 34 | / |
| Yokobus | 71 | 19 | / |
| Jacovus | 71 | 7 | / |
| Jacabus | 71 | 5 | / |
| Jacobou | 71 | 4 | / |
| Jacóbus | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jackobu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jazobus | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jakobous | 67 | 37 | / |
| Jakobuss | 67 | 11 | / |
| Djacobou | 67 | 10 | / |
| Jacobuce | 67 | 9 | / |
| Yacobush | 67 | 5 | / |
| Jacoubou | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yocoubou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jakoubus | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Jocobus
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