Last Name JACOB

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Meaning The son of Jacob. Although the first name prefixed to this surname in the London Directory generally denotes a Jewish origin, it is not so in all cases. There are Jacobs and Jacobsons or purely English descent. The same remark applies to Jacob and possibly Jacoby. The last was well established as a first name in the 13th century.
He that supplants.
Origin English, Hebrew, Jewish, Arabic, Indian, Dutch, Irish, Slovakian, Lebanese, Haitian, Portuguese, Belgian, Hungarian, Pakistani

Rank 1,541 (2000 US census) 1,894 (1990 US census)
Count 21,354 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 67.58%, or 14431 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 10.05%, or 2146 total occurrences, as black,
  • 15.67%, or 3346 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 1.03%, or 220 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.55%, or 545 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 3.11%, or 664 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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