Last Name JACOBSON

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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. The son of Jacob.

Origin	English, Jewish, Dutch, German, Irish

Rank	695 (2000 US census)	773 (1990 US census)

Count	44,874 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

96.05%, or 43101 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.38%, or 171 total occurrences, as black,
0.53%, or 238 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.48%, or 215 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.09%, or 489 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.47%, or 660 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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