Last Name JACOBS

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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.
Origin English, Jewish, Dutch, Lithuanian, Polish, Irish, Slovakian, Belgian, Flemish, South african, Hungarian

Rank 233 (2000 US census) 231 (1990 US census)
Count 115,540 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 76.65%, or 88561 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 15.86%, or 18325 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.48%, or 555 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 3.66%, or 4229 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.63%, or 1883 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.72%, or 1987 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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