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Jackson

in South Carolina

There are 11,914 people with the last name "Jackson" in South Carolina.

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Ranking in South Carolina

NameRank
Jackson 10
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  1. is 6th most common Davis
  2. is 7th most common Wilson
  3. is 8th most common Moore
  4. is 9th most common Miller
  5. is 10th most common Jackson
  6. is 11th most common Taylor
  7. is 12th most common Robinson
  8. is 13th most common Martin
  9. is 14th most common Thompson

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Jackson

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

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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James Jackson, SC (99 searches)
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