How common is the last name Jacobs?

114,905 people in the United States have the last name Jacobs, about 1 in 2,601. It ranks #266 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

JACOBS

#266

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
114,905
About
1 in 2,601
This common or more
25.3%
Who bears it

Of the 114,905 people with the last name Jacobs, 71.5% reported their origin as White, 16.5% as Black and 4.4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Jacobs

#264 Franklin · 115,358#265 Carr · 115,016#267 Lawson · 114,522#268 Jensen · 114,314

Spelled almost the same

3 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jacobs, most common first.

#12,967 Jacobus · 2,264#89,848 Jakobs · 221#134,631 Jacops · 130

Also a first name

As a first name, Jacobs ranks #31,775 of 53,615, with 268 people. See Jacobs as a first name

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