Jacoby is used as a family name or surname in Germany, England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Jacoby
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Germany, England
Meaning:

Jacoby is a variation of Jacobsen. The son of Jacob meaning "the supplanter".

Descendant of Jacob meaning "the supplanter".

Jacoby is variant form of Jakob. Descendant of Jakob meaning "the supplanter".

A variant of Jepsen. The son of Jep, a pet form of Jacob meaning "the supplanter".

Lastname Jacoby is the variant form of the Jacobson. See Jacob - The first occurrence of this baptismal name in England, is probably in Domesday. It is now very common as a surname, especially in Jewish families.

How popular is Jacoby?

Jacoby is common in United States, Israel, Germany, Brazil, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, South Africa, Australia, England, Canada.

Jacoby is ranked 19464 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Jacoby bearers increased by 1.59 per cent in 2010 US census to 9372 since 2000, the surname slipped by 242 spots and ranked at 3776. The last name was found in around 3 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.89 95.32
Hispanic or Latino 3.16 2.36
Others 1.25 1.01
Black 0.8 0.56
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.65 0.48
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.26 0.27
Jacoby is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Luxembourg lie ahead in terms of density. Around 28215 people have been found who wears Jacoby as their family name. Jacoby is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Jacoby:
3,365 United States13,493
Countries with thousands of Jacoby:
94 Israel6,640
3,959 Germany2,682
5,732 Brazil1,428
Countries with hundreds of Jacoby:
2,199 Belgium796
64 Luxembourg738
13,494 France714
13,746 South Africa472
13,272 Australia224
21,905 England198
19,314 Canada187
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,018 Denmark80
12,127 Switzerland69
47,472 Argentina62
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
228,660 Thailand38
19,635 Norway32
50,501 Netherlands30
34,120 Austria28
83,680 Poland27
19,287 New Zealand25
27,867 Sweden25
16,565 Chile24
8,362 Ireland22
19,343 Iraq16
26,427 Peru14
18,211 Singapore13
38,962 Mexico13
7,396 Paraguay12
19,471 Estonia12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
4,135 Nicaragua9
20,087 Colombia8
36,047 Finland8
3,584 El Salvador8
170,578 Malaysia6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

21 years old farmer Jacon Jacoby who was residing in Germany migrated to USA on June 18, 1852 by Beatrice put out from Havre. Tailor Emil Jacoby, 9 years old Carl Jacoby, Clara Jacoby, Georg Jacoby (5), 7 years old Hedwig Jacoby, Engineer Louis Jacoby, 9 months old Margarethe Jacoby, 32 years old W. Jacoby, 23 years old M. Jacoby, Ed. Jacoby (19) Farmer, Sarah Jacoby, aged 64, 47 years old Albert Jacoby, 24 years old Ferdinand Jacoby, Anne-M Jacoby, aged 9, Anne-Marie Jacoby (51) Cultivator, and 505 other Jacoby around 33.11% of whom were farmer while others worked as tailor and mechanic, shoemaker, cultivator, clerk, servant, baker, joiner, merchant, daughter, laborer, painter, spinster, private man, weaver, butcher, tourist migrated to US from Hamburg, Havre and Bremen.

Jacoby Namesakes

  • Jean Jacoby, Luxembourg artist
  • Heinrich Jacoby, German educator whose teaching was based on developing sensitivity and awareness
  • Johann Jacoby, Left-wing German-Jewish politician
  • Oswald Jacoby, and an uncle of activist and author Susan Jacoby
  • Jim Jacoby, American businessman based out of Atlanta, Georgia
  • Erich Jacoby, Estonian architect of Baltic German descent
  • Tamar Jacoby, is known primarily for her writing on immigration-related issues
  • Max Jacoby, Luxembourgian film director and screenwriter
  • Henry Sylvester Jacoby, American educator, born at Springtown
  • Russell Jacoby, professor of history at the University of California
  • Lex Jacoby, Luxembourgian writer
  • Harold Jacoby, American astronomer, born in New York City
  • Felix Jacoby, German classicist and philologist
  • Brook Jacoby, American former third baseman
  • Joe Jacoby, former American football offensive lineman for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League
  • Don Jacoby, noted trumpeter, teacher, band leader and author
  • Mark Jacoby, American musical theatre performer
  • Susan Jacoby, American author
  • David Jacoby, Iowa State Representative from the 30th District

Jacoby Namesakes

  • Jean Jacoby, Luxembourg artist
  • Heinrich Jacoby, German educator whose teaching was based on developing sensitivity and awareness
  • Johann Jacoby, Left-wing German-Jewish politician
  • Oswald Jacoby, and an uncle of activist and author Susan Jacoby
  • Jim Jacoby, American businessman based out of Atlanta, Georgia
  • Erich Jacoby, Estonian architect of Baltic German descent
  • Tamar Jacoby, is known primarily for her writing on immigration-related issues
  • Max Jacoby, Luxembourgian film director and screenwriter
  • Henry Sylvester Jacoby, American educator, born at Springtown
  • Russell Jacoby, professor of history at the University of California
  • Lex Jacoby, Luxembourgian writer
  • Harold Jacoby, American astronomer, born in New York City
  • Felix Jacoby, German classicist and philologist
  • Brook Jacoby, American former third baseman
  • Joe Jacoby, former American football offensive lineman for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League
  • Don Jacoby, noted trumpeter, teacher, band leader and author
  • Mark Jacoby, American musical theatre performer
  • Susan Jacoby, American author
  • David Jacoby, Iowa State Representative from the 30th District

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