Distribution of the name 'Jacob'
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Geographical distribution of the name 'Jacob' in the UK
Statistics: Figures on the surname 'Jacob'
In the UK there are 700 phone book entries with the surname Jacob and approximately 3,048 persons with this name.
Thus, the surname Jacob is the 2,893. most frequent name in the UK.
People with this surname live in 59 counties. Most occurrences are in Greater London: 127.
Other counties with lots of occurrences are Dyfed (40), Hampshire (38), Suffolk (35), Essex (27), Kent (25), Surrey (25), West Yorkshire (21), Dorset (20), as well as Greater Manchester (20).
The following surnames sound like Jacob: Joseph, Jessop, Jessup, Josef, Josph, Jacobi, Jacoby, Jessopp, Jozef, Jakob, Jousiffe, Jessep, Jesshope, Jacovou, Josephy, Jakub, Jussab, Jesshop, Jezeph, Josep, Jijf, Jacavou, Jakoby, Josiffe, Jayship, Jospeh, Jusab, Joscph, Josephi, Jusypiw.
The distribution of the name 'Jacob' in other countries
Occurrence of the name Jacob in the counties
| Greater London - The surname Jacob is is the 1306. most common name - 127 persons |
| Dyfed - The surname Jacob is is the 301. most common name - 40 persons |
| Hampshire - The surname Jacob is is the 1768. most common name - 38 persons |
| Suffolk - The surname Jacob is is the 903. most common name - 35 persons |
| Essex - The surname Jacob is is the 2082. most common name - 27 persons |
| Kent - The surname Jacob is is the 2787. most common name - 25 persons |
| Surrey - The surname Jacob is is the 1816. most common name - 25 persons |
| West Yorkshire - The surname Jacob is is the 4589. most common name - 21 persons |
| Dorset - The surname Jacob is is the 2005. most common name - 20 persons |
| Greater Manchester - The surname Jacob is is the 3219. most common name - 20 persons |
| Berkshire - The surname Jacob is the 1748. most common name - 19 persons |
| East Sussex - The surname Jacob is the 2662. most common name - 19 persons |
| West Midlands - The surname Jacob is the 4592. most common name - 17 persons |
| Hertfordshire - The surname Jacob is the 2221. most common name - 17 persons |
| Cambridgeshire - The surname Jacob is the 2394. most common name - 16 persons |
| Oxfordshire - The surname Jacob is the 1293. most common name - 16 persons |
| Hereford and Worcester - The surname Jacob is the 3942. most common name - 12 persons |
| Wiltshire - The surname Jacob is the 2302. most common name - 12 persons |
| West Glamorgan - The surname Jacob is the 1304. most common name - 12 persons |
| Gloucestershire - The surname Jacob is the 4380. most common name - 11 persons |
| Bedfordshire - The surname Jacob is the 2089. most common name - 10 persons |
| Gwent - The surname Jacob is the 1688. most common name - 10 persons |
| Lothian - The surname Jacob is the 2713. most common name - 9 persons |
| Northamptonshire - The surname Jacob is the 3056. most common name - 9 persons |
| Warwickshire - The surname Jacob is the 1888. most common name - 9 persons |
| Lincolnshire - The surname Jacob is the 3481. most common name - 9 persons |
| Merseyside - The surname Jacob is the 4262. most common name - 8 persons |
| Cornwall - The surname Jacob is the 970. most common name - 8 persons |
| Lancashire - The surname Jacob is the 7374. most common name - 8 persons |
| North Yorkshire - The surname Jacob is the 4343. most common name - 8 persons |
| Devon - The surname Jacob is is the 4541. most common name - 7 persons |
| Cheshire - The surname Jacob is is the 4736. most common name - 7 persons |
| Derbyshire - The surname Jacob is is the 4751. most common name - 7 persons |
| Norfolk - The surname Jacob is is the 2722. most common name - 6 persons |
| Central - The surname Jacob is is the 7756. most common name - 5 persons |
| Nottinghamshire - The surname Jacob is is the 4253. most common name - 5 persons |
| Somerset - The surname Jacob is is the 4705. most common name - 5 persons |
| West Sussex - The surname Jacob is is the 4424. most common name - 4 persons |
| Isle of Wight - The surname Jacob is is the 1740. most common name - 4 persons |
| Powys - The surname Jacob is is the 1224. most common name - 3 persons |
| Northumberland - The surname Jacob is is the 6978. most common name - 3 persons |
| Buckinghamshire - The surname Jacob is is the 5418. most common name - 2 persons |
| South Glamorgan - The surname Jacob is is the 1184. most common name - 2 persons |
| Mid Glamorgan - The surname Jacob is is the 1732. most common name - 2 persons |
| Tyne and Wear - The surname Jacob is is the 10821. most common name - 2 persons |
| Isle of Man - The surname Jacob is is the 899. most common name - 2 persons |
| Clwyd - The surname Jacob is is the 6841. most common name - 2 persons |
| South Yorkshire - The surname Jacob is is the 9684. most common name - 2 persons |
| Avon - The surname Jacob is is the 1233. most common name - 2 persons |
| Gwynedd - The surname Jacob is is the 3218. most common name - 2 persons |
| Staffordshire - The surname Jacob is is the 12406. most common name - 1 person |
| Shropshire - The surname Jacob is is the 10791. most common name - 1 person |
| Cumbria - The surname Jacob is is the 2566. most common name - 1 person |
| Dumfries and Galloway - The surname Jacob is is the 3711. most common name - 1 person |
| Strathclyde - The surname Jacob is is the 16444. most common name - 1 person |
| County Londonderry - The surname Jacob is is the 1848. most common name - 1 person |
| Durham - The surname Jacob is is the 7708. most common name - 1 person |
| Cleveland - The surname Jacob is is the 9583. most common name - 1 person |
| Fermanagh - The surname Jacob is is the 1312. most common name - 1 person |
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