Popularity of the last name by country
All countries
- United Kingdom (932,458)
- United States (507,008)
- Ireland (34,838)
- Australia (32,509)
- New Zealand (25,099)
- Canada (15,387)
- France (13,114)
- Unknown country (8,916)
- Netherlands (3,518)
- Belgium (2,187)
- Germany (2,167)
- Switzerland (1,776)
- Italy (1,122)
- India (877)
- Sweden (819)
- Denmark (816)
- Mexico (724)
- Colombia (689)
- South Africa (622)
- Jamaica (613)
- Spain (528)
- Russian Federation (418)
- Greece (282)
- Norway (273)
- China (270)
- Cuba (245)
- Guadeloupe (224)
- Argentina (222)
- Poland (215)
- Austria (211)
- Turkey (211)
- Egypt (203)
- Finland (202)
- Indonesia (181)
- Brazil (178)
- Paraguay (163)
- Lebanon (161)
- Peru (161)
- Virgin Islands (U.S.) (148)
- Israel (141)
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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