Jocker

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Jocker is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Algeria than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DZAlgeria≈1 in 66K(inferred from the name graph)
  • MAMorocco≈1 in 78K
  • NLNetherlands1 in 213K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Algeria (inferred from the name graph)

≈660 people, est.

Sources
27 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 66K (inferred from the name graph)

Algeria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Jöcker in DE Germany.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Jocker counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Jocker is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DZ Algeria≈660 est.≈1 in 66K—Jocker2
MA Morocco≈460 est.≈1 in 78K—Jocker5
DE Germany≈95 est.≈1 in 847K—Jöcker27
NL Netherlands811 in 213K81Jocker9
ZA South Africa≈65 est.≈1 in 867K—Jocker5
MY Malaysia≈41 est.≈1 in 805K—Jocker4
AT Austria≈17 est.≈1 in 519K—Jocker5

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Jocker is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Algeria, Morocco

    Also written Jôçkër, Jöckër, Joçķèr, Joçkēr, Jockèr

  • Indonesian surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Ĵöĉkêr, Jôckér, Jockëř

  • Burmese surname13 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Myanmar (Burma)

    Also written Ĵocker, Jõckêř, Jōçkêr, Ĵôĉker, Ĵôçkêř

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Jõçkèr, Jôčkér

28 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Jocker is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, A man who perceives himself as straight and is the aggressive top in a relationship between two men, especially in prison.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 2 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Jocker
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)200781#22,259

Reference works 1

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Jocker have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 655 people named Jocker in Algeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jocker.
How common is the name Jocker?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 81 people named Jocker in 2007, about 1 in 213 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jocker”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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