as a Last Name
- 741,819
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Jackson
Meaning & Origins
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.
| 17th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 741,819
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- District of Columbia
- has the most people named Jackson per capita
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