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Jackson

in Tennessee

There are 13,894 people with the last name "Jackson" in Tennessee.

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Ranking in Tennessee

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Jackson 13
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  1. is 9th most common Wilson
  2. is 10th most common Moore
  3. is 11th most common White
  4. is 12th most common Harris
  5. is 13th most common Jackson
  6. is 14th most common Martin
  7. is 15th most common Thomas
  8. is 16th most common Anderson
  9. is 17th most common Thompson

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Jackson

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

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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