Last Name ISAAC

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Meaning	The son of Isaac. A well-known first name in the surname period, but no more confined to the Jews than Adam or Abel. Laughter.

Origin	English, Hebrew, Jewish, Russian, Native American, Irish, Assyrian, Haitian, Portuguese, Belgian

Rank	2,039 (2000 US census)	1,941 (1990 US census)

Count	16,312 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

43.81%, or 7146 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
39.91%, or 6510 total occurrences, as black,
3.64%, or 594 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
3.02%, or 493 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.43%, or 396 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
7.2%, or 1174 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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