Jackson is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Jackson
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

The son of John, or more properly of James (Jacques). The London Directory had nearly 200 traders of this name.

Son of Jack, Jacobus, or James.

The son of Jack, a pet form of John meaning "gracious gift of Jehovah".

How popular is Jackson?

Jackson is common in United States, England, Tanzania, Nigeria, Australia, Canada, Liberia, South Africa, Jamaica, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Scotland, New Zealand, Wales, Zimbabwe, Papua New Guinea, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Chad, India, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Malaysia, Philippines, Germany, Brazil, Spain, Honduras, Botswana, France, Dominican Republic, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Cayman Islands, Vanuatu, Morocco, Malawi, Guyana, Nicaragua, Russia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Netherlands, Antigua and Barbuda, Namibia, Indonesia, Sweden, China, United States Virgin Islands, Venezuela, Panama, Colombia, Israel, Bahrain, Barbados, Oman, Ghana, Isle of Man, DR Congo, Japan, Uganda, Switzerland, Belize, Portugal, Haiti, Bahamas, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay, Denmark, Micronesia, Argentina, Cameroon, Samoa, Fiji, Belgium, Kazakhstan, Chile, Cyprus, United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, Jersey, Italy, Zambia, Guam, Suriname, Bermuda, Solomon Islands, Guernsey.

Jackson is ranked 382 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Jackson bearers increased by 6.3 per cent in 2010 US census to 708099 since 2000, the surname slipped by 1 spots and ranked at 19. The last name was found in around 2 per thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 53.04 53.02
White 39.89 41.93
Others 3.12 2.18
Hispanic or Latino 2.5 1.53
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.06 1.04
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.39 0.31
Jackson is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Niue is ahead in terms of density. Around 1338117 people have been found who wears Jackson as their family name. Jackson is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundred thousands of Jackson:
16 United States833,598
21 England134,658
51 Tanzania122,258
Countries with ten thousands of Jackson:
483 Nigeria48,555
45 Australia41,631
67 Canada34,130
36 Liberia15,115
511 South Africa14,105
35 Jamaica13,082
Countries with thousands of Jackson:
707 Kenya9,185
174 Sierra Leone7,590
96 Scotland7,445
37 New Zealand5,550
73 Wales4,041
445 Zimbabwe3,283
117 Papua New Guinea2,981
328 Ireland2,880
101 Northern Ireland2,836
908 Chad2,215
22,030 India1,826
4,462 Thailand1,739
132 Trinidad and Tobago1,509
2,351 Malaysia1,114
16,249 Philippines1,083
9,543 Germany1,068
Countries with hundreds of Jackson:
8,396 Brazil985
4,719 Spain928
638 Honduras912
277 Botswana894
11,375 France826
988 Dominican Republic809
19 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines775
6 Cayman Islands750
66 Vanuatu669
8,802 Morocco648
4,103 Malawi639
207 Guyana598
731 Nicaragua585
27,315 Russia555
479 Costa Rica544
6,001 Mexico520
5,591 Netherlands504
34 Antigua and Barbuda422
1,120 Namibia417
29,196 Indonesia395
2,031 Sweden394
404 China390
22 United States Virgin Islands386
3,244 Venezuela372
937 Panama366
4,262 Colombia336
4,050 Israel306
818 Bahrain294
239 Barbados286
1,525 Oman274
11,364 Ghana263
19 Isle of Man261
27,983 DR Congo245
14,860 Japan242
14,268 Uganda234
5,396 Switzerland220
376 Belize218
2,732 Portugal217
3,023 Haiti214
293 Bahamas213
22,057 Saudi Arabia199
2,067 Uruguay188
3,275 Denmark179
149 Micronesia177
19,922 Argentina174
14,439 Cameroon163
373 Samoa162
1,113 Fiji157
11,801 Belgium155
12,543 Kazakhstan150
4,455 Chile142
752 Cyprus136
6,694 United Arab Emirates129
1,031 Hong Kong127
89 Jersey119
51,664 Italy118
9,923 Zambia118
196 Guam115
1,070 Suriname115
88 Bermuda107
775 Solomon Islands104
92 Guernsey103
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,617 Norway97
22,215 Greece83
7,666 Iraq79
5,585 Kuwait77
22,156 Pakistan70
290 Grenada66
297 South Korea58
19,936 Austria57
8,784 Ecuador57
12,592 Uzbekistan55
513 Malta54
109 Gibraltar51
1,266 Rwanda51
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
5,280 Mauritius50
48,040 Egypt49
15,868 Peru49
278 Dominica47
326 Aruba46
11,804 Finland45
3,033 Sudan45
33,051 Czechia44
605 Saint Lucia42
351 Marshall Islands38
1,554 Puerto Rico38
138 British Virgin Islands37
8,518 Lesotho35
6,884 Singapore34
9,548 Afghanistan32
44,366 Romania32
1,949 French Polynesia31
5,691 Cuba30
566 Seychelles29
83,680 Poland27
9,130 Sri Lanka26
6,312 Taiwan26
469 American Samoa25
4,671 Luxembourg25
10,875 Qatar25
797 South Sudan25
87,657 Turkey25
2 Niue24
10,794 Estonia23
2,363 Vietnam22
30,347 Hungary21
45,383 Belarus20
2,269 Mozambique20
3,816 Angola19
9,707 Azerbaijan19
419 Saint Kitts and Nevis18
17,235 Latvia17
341 Northern Mariana Islands17
225 Equatorial Guinea16
119,068 Iran16
179 Monaco14
13,515 Bangladesh13
23,172 Moldova13
5,550 Guatemala12
844 Burundi11
2,447 Iceland11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
7,682 Tunisia10
179 Central African Republic9
41,100 Ivory Coast9
3,802 Madagascar9
719 Swaziland9
266,777 Ukraine9
152 Anguilla8
7,804 Armenia8
15,053 Congo8
379 Turks and Caicos Islands8
88 Falkland Islands7
6,441 Bolivia6
8,069 Cambodia6
488 Macau6
18,975 Slovenia6
6,159 Turkmenistan6
18,907 Yemen6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

William Jackson worked as workman and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 20 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on John Clark and arrived on May 14, 1846. James Jackson (24) Immigrant, James Jackson (30) Miner, Helen Jackson (4), Lousina Jackson, aged 3, Henry Jackson (1 year old), Carten Jackson, aged 25, 59 years old Mary Jackson, Stephen Jackson, aged 17, and 534 other Jackson around 36.58% of whom were workman while others worked as miner and servant, farmer, spinster, miller, draper, mechanic, shoemaker, gentleman, dressmaker, merchant, baker, chemist, weaver, clerk, joiner, tailoress, engineer, carpenter, spinner, turner, farmers &, mechanics migrated to US.

From Germany

Thomas Jackson worked as laborer and hailed from Germany. 13 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Garrick and arrived on June 16, 1852. Farmer Margaretha Jackson, Mary Jackson (8), Mary Jackson, aged 11 months old, Sarah Jackson, aged 6, 19 years old Wolf. Jackson, L.J.C. Jackson (17) Merchant, 18 years old Isaac Jackson, 26 years old William Jackson, and 49 other Jackson around 44.19% of whom were laborer while others worked as farmer and merchant, matron migrated to US.

Jackson Namesakes

  • Frederick George Jackson, English Arctic explorer remembered for his expedition to Franz Josef Land
  • Mason Jackson, English engraver
  • Michael A. Jackson, British computer scientist
  • Caroline Jackson, politician in the United Kingdom
  • Kenneth T. Jackson, professor of history and social sciences at Columbia University
  • Sanford Jackson, prominent Canadian biochemist
  • Holbrook Jackson, British journalist, writer and publisher
  • Cummins Jackson, paternal half-uncle of Confederate General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson and a half-brother of David Edward Jackson
  • Bruce P. Jackson, founder and president of the Project on Transitional Democracies
  • Donald G. Jackson, American filmmaker
  • Sammy Jackson, American actor
  • Chevalier Jackson, American pioneer in laryngology
  • Charles Douglas Jackson, United States government propagandist and senior executive of Time Inc
  • Clingan Jackson, Democratic politician and newspaperman from Ohio
  • Frank Cameron Jackson, Australian analytic philosopher
  • Thomas H. Jackson, ninth president of the University of Rochester
  • John Paul Jackson, American author, teacher
  • Quentin Jackson, American jazz trombonist
  • Kenneth H. Jackson, English linguist and a translator
  • Jason Jackson, American sportscaster and writer
  • Kurt Jackson, British painter whose large canvases reflect a concern with natural history
  • Chubby Jackson, American jazz double-bassist and band leader
  • Peter Wyse Jackson, graduate of Trinity College Dublin in Biology
  • J. B. Jackson, writer, publisher, instructor
  • Jaime Jackson, horse hoof care lecturer, author
  • Liz Jackson, Australian journalist and barrister noted for her work on the 'Four Corners' and 'Media Watch' television programs
  • William Humphreys Jackson, represented Maryland's 1st congressional district
  • Derrick Z. Jackson, journalist for 'The Boston Globe'
  • Jacqui Jackson, British writer on autism issues
  • Rowena Jackson, New Zealand former prima ballerina
  • Janine Jackson, program director of FAIR
  • Jackie Landry Jackson, member of the Chantels
  • Joseph Devonsher Jackson, Irish Conservative MP
  • Charles Loring Jackson, first significant organic chemist
  • Laurence Jackson, Scottish curler
  • Stu Jackson, American basketball executive and former basketball coach
  • Judy Jackson, former Labor Party politician
  • John Angelo Jackson, English mountaineer, explorer and educationalist
  • William T. Jackson, American politician
  • Matthew Day Jackson, American artist whose multifaceted practice encompasses sculpture, painting, collage, photography
  • Gwen Jackson, former WNBA player
  • Darren Jackson, Scottish former footballer
  • Catherine Jackson, daughter of Thomas Elliot of Wakefield, and was also the second wife of Knight Diplomat Sir George Jackson
  • Grace Jackson, Jamaican former athlete
  • Wes Jackson, co-founded the Land Institute with Dana Jackson
  • John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist
  • Sherman Jackson, American scholar of Islam
  • Charles Thomas Jackson, American physician and scientist
  • Benjamin Daydon Jackson, pioneering botanist and taxonomer
  • Douglas N. Jackson, Canadian psychology professor best
  • Andrew Jackson, American soldier and statesman
  • Joshua Jackson, Canadian actor
  • Stonewall Jackson, served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War
  • Samuel L. Jackson, American actor and film producer
  • Reggie Jackson, American former professional baseball right fielder
  • Janet Jackson, American singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer

Jackson Namesakes

  • Frederick George Jackson, English Arctic explorer remembered for his expedition to Franz Josef Land
  • Mason Jackson, English engraver
  • Michael A. Jackson, British computer scientist
  • Caroline Jackson, politician in the United Kingdom
  • Kenneth T. Jackson, professor of history and social sciences at Columbia University
  • Sanford Jackson, prominent Canadian biochemist
  • Holbrook Jackson, British journalist, writer and publisher
  • Cummins Jackson, paternal half-uncle of Confederate General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson and a half-brother of David Edward Jackson
  • Bruce P. Jackson, founder and president of the Project on Transitional Democracies
  • Donald G. Jackson, American filmmaker
  • Sammy Jackson, American actor
  • Chevalier Jackson, American pioneer in laryngology
  • Charles Douglas Jackson, United States government propagandist and senior executive of Time Inc
  • Clingan Jackson, Democratic politician and newspaperman from Ohio
  • Frank Cameron Jackson, Australian analytic philosopher
  • Thomas H. Jackson, ninth president of the University of Rochester
  • John Paul Jackson, American author, teacher
  • Quentin Jackson, American jazz trombonist
  • Kenneth H. Jackson, English linguist and a translator
  • Jason Jackson, American sportscaster and writer
  • Kurt Jackson, British painter whose large canvases reflect a concern with natural history
  • Chubby Jackson, American jazz double-bassist and band leader
  • Peter Wyse Jackson, graduate of Trinity College Dublin in Biology
  • J. B. Jackson, writer, publisher, instructor
  • Jaime Jackson, horse hoof care lecturer, author
  • Liz Jackson, Australian journalist and barrister noted for her work on the 'Four Corners' and 'Media Watch' television programs
  • William Humphreys Jackson, represented Maryland's 1st congressional district
  • Derrick Z. Jackson, journalist for 'The Boston Globe'
  • Jacqui Jackson, British writer on autism issues
  • Rowena Jackson, New Zealand former prima ballerina
  • Janine Jackson, program director of FAIR
  • Jackie Landry Jackson, member of the Chantels
  • Joseph Devonsher Jackson, Irish Conservative MP
  • Charles Loring Jackson, first significant organic chemist
  • Laurence Jackson, Scottish curler
  • Stu Jackson, American basketball executive and former basketball coach
  • Judy Jackson, former Labor Party politician
  • John Angelo Jackson, English mountaineer, explorer and educationalist
  • William T. Jackson, American politician
  • Matthew Day Jackson, American artist whose multifaceted practice encompasses sculpture, painting, collage, photography
  • Gwen Jackson, former WNBA player
  • Darren Jackson, Scottish former footballer
  • Catherine Jackson, daughter of Thomas Elliot of Wakefield, and was also the second wife of Knight Diplomat Sir George Jackson
  • Grace Jackson, Jamaican former athlete
  • Wes Jackson, co-founded the Land Institute with Dana Jackson
  • John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist
  • Sherman Jackson, American scholar of Islam
  • Charles Thomas Jackson, American physician and scientist
  • Benjamin Daydon Jackson, pioneering botanist and taxonomer
  • Douglas N. Jackson, Canadian psychology professor best
  • Andrew Jackson, American soldier and statesman
  • Joshua Jackson, Canadian actor
  • Stonewall Jackson, served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War
  • Samuel L. Jackson, American actor and film producer
  • Reggie Jackson, American former professional baseball right fielder
  • Janet Jackson, American singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer

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