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Jackson

in West Virginia

There are 2,807 people with the last name "Jackson" in West Virginia.

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Ranking in West Virginia

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Jackson 45
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  1. is 41st most common Wright
  2. is 42nd most common Roberts
  3. is 43rd most common Evans
  4. is 44th most common Stewart
  5. is 45th most common Jackson
  6. is 46th most common Campbell
  7. is 47th most common Workman
  8. is 48th most common Parsons
  9. is 49th most common Cooper

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Jackson

James, Robert, William, Mary, John, Paul, David, George, 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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