Last name Jackal (Jackal 
, Jakal 
, Chacal 
) , around the world, is a common cognomen. The surname Jackal is characteristic of Turkey, where it is quite a common surname, Algeria, where it is quite a rare surname, and Slovakia, where it is a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Turkey, Algeria, and Indonesia. Very seldom, Jackal is the forename as well as the last name.