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Jackson

in North Carolina

There are 16,191 people with the last name "Jackson" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

NameRank
Jackson 16
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  1. is 12th most common White
  2. is 13th most common Thompson
  3. is 14th most common Thomas
  4. is 15th most common Martin
  5. is 16th most common Jackson
  6. is 17th most common Edwards
  7. is 18th most common Parker
  8. is 19th most common Lewis
  9. is 20th most common Allen

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Jackson

James, William, Robert, John, David, Michael, Charles, Thomas, Mary, Richard

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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