Popularity of the last name by country

Czech republic

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Origine of last name

JACKSON : 1: English Scottish and northern Irish: patronymic from <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Jack">Jack</a>. In North America this surname has absorbed other patronymics beginning with J- in various European languages in particular those derived from equivalents or short forms and other derivatives of the personal name <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Jacob">Jacob</a> e.g. Norwegian <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Jacobsen">Jacobsen</a> or <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Jakobsen">Jakobsen</a> and in some cases Slovenian Jakše (from a derivative of the personal name <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Jakob">Jakob</a>). This surname is also very common among African Americans (see also 2 below).2: African American: from the personal name Jackson (or Andrew Jackson) adopted in honor of Andrew Jackson the 7th president of the US; or adoption of the surname in 1 above in many cases probably for the same reason.

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