van Jacobs Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
van Jacobs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 21 | 1:804,151 | 59,518 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
van Jacobs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Jacobs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Jacobs is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Jacobs? popularity and diffusion
The last name van Jacobs is the 3,185,033rd most widespread family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 55 percent of van Jacobs live; 55 percent live in Western Europe and 55 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 804,151. In The Netherlands van Jacobs is most common in: Limburg, where 43 percent live, South Holland, where 38 percent live and Flevoland, where 5 percent live. Aside from The Netherlands it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 42 percent live and South Africa, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanjacobs | 95 | 13 | / |
| von Jacobs | 90 | 7 | / |
| von Jacob | 84 | 2 | / |
| Finné-Jacobs | 64 | 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
- 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 van Jacobs
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