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Jackson

in Kentucky

There are 8,077 people with the last name "Jackson" in Kentucky.

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Ranking in Kentucky

NameRank
Jackson 21
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  1. is 17th most common Baker
  2. is 18th most common White
  3. is 19th most common Lewis
  4. is 20th most common Allen
  5. is 21st most common Jackson
  6. is 22nd most common Howard
  7. is 23rd most common Young
  8. is 24th most common Turner
  9. is 25th most common Wright

Similar Names and Nicknames

Jack, Jackman, Jacks, Jackie, Jackowski, Jacklin, Jacko, Jackel, Jacka, Jacky

Most Common First Names for Jackson

James, William, David, Robert, Michael, John, Charles, Mary, Larry, Kenneth

Meaning & History

English, Scottish, and northern Irish: patronymic from Jack 1. As an American surname this has absorbed other patronymics beginning with J- in various European languages.

FOREBEARS This extremely common British name was brought over by numerous different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. One forebear was the father and namesake of the seventh U.S. president, Andrew Jackson, who migrated to SC from Carrickfergus in the north of Ireland in 1765. The Confederate General Thomas ‘Stonewall’ Jackson came from VA, where his great-grandfather John, likewise of Scotch–Irish stock, had settled after emigrating to America in 1748.

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