Sjacobs Surname

11,742,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Sjacobs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sjacobs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sjacobs Last Name Facts

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

Sjacobs has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sjacobs? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 11,742,229th most widespread surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. Sjacobs is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Sjacobs are found; 50 percent are found in Southern Africa and 50 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 54,177,704. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 100 percent are found. Beside South Africa Sjacobs is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 50 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sjacob9269/
Sacobs923/
Sagcobs861/
Sacob836/
Sagcob7723/
Jsacob772/
Sacofs770/
Sjakovs715/
Sackovs712/
Sacop67261/
Sakob6716/
Sacab672/
Socob672/
Xacob671/
Saqob671/
Zacob671/
Sacov671/

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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 Sjacobs
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