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

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

A modification of Jex. Probably from Jacques, French James.

Family name Jacques is a variation of the Jacks. The genitive form of Jack.

Of James.

Jacques is the variant form of Jack. Descendant of Jack, a pet form of John meaning "gracious gift of Jehovah".

Descendant of Jacques meaning "the supplanter".

Jacques is variant form of Jack. A nickname which has, like many others, become a surname. With respect to this appellation, it is curious that meaning, as it originally did, James, from the French Jacques, and Latin Jacobus, it should have come to be considered as a synonym of John. It was usually applied in a contemptuous way, as in Jackanapes, Jack-pudding, Jack-a-dandy, Jack-at-a-pinch, Jack-in-office, etc.

Jack may be originally Jacques or James, and not John as per this passage from Tyrwhitt's Chaucer note on v. 14,816 "I know not how it has happened, that in the principal modern languages, John, or its equivalent, is a name of contempt, or at least of slight. So the Italians use Gianni, from whence Zani; the Spaniards Juan, as Bobo-Juan or foolish John; the French Jean, with various additions; and in English when we call a man a John, we do not mean it as a title of honour. Chaucer uses Jacke fool, as the Spaniards do Bobo Juan; and I suppose Jack-ass has the same etymology." In Thomson's Etymons, and Halliwell's Dict. a great number of uses to which the word Jack is applied.

How popular is Jacques?

Jacques is common in Haiti, France, United States, Canada, Burundi, Chad, Belgium, England, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Madagascar, DR Congo, Brazil, Cameroon, Mexico, Australia, Dominican Republic, Togo, Ghana, Uruguay, Morocco, Portugal, Ivory Coast, New Zealand, Argentina, Mauritius, Mali, Netherlands, Vanuatu, Wales, India, Thailand, Jamaica, Germany, Chile, Ireland, South Africa, Seychelles, New Caledonia, Switzerland.

Jacques is ranked 3598 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Jacquess grew by 11.4 per cent to 14417 since 2000 and ranked 2512 after elevating 60 spots. The last name was found in around 5 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 63.04 69.43
Black 24.92 17.92
Hispanic or Latino 8.99 8.66
Others 1.86 2.94
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.78 0.67
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.42 0.37
Jacques is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Haiti which signifies that it is originated from Haiti. Around 156240 people have been found who wears Jacques as their family name. Jacques is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Jacques:
29 Haiti37,210
189 France22,845
2,520 United States18,148
279 Canada15,319
246 Burundi10,967
Countries with thousands of Jacques:
262 Chad9,725
113 Belgium6,214
1,370 England5,947
586 Rwanda4,651
2,857 Ethiopia4,346
1,134 Madagascar4,269
3,120 DR Congo2,983
3,210 Brazil2,509
1,200 Cameroon2,258
Countries with hundreds of Jacques:
4,761 Mexico784
4,627 Australia769
1,133 Dominican Republic655
3,854 Togo525
6,785 Ghana416
1,111 Uruguay347
17,469 Morocco341
1,941 Portugal340
3,918 Ivory Coast333
2,768 New Zealand286
13,300 Argentina271
1,000 Mauritius259
1,556 Mali258
14,115 Netherlands199
359 Vanuatu197
1,780 Wales188
112,703 India181
72,080 Thailand172
1,624 Jamaica162
43,467 Germany157
4,402 Chile144
2,864 Ireland138
34,819 South Africa138
191 Seychelles117
293 New Caledonia109
9,041 Switzerland105
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
454 Bahamas96
899 Luxembourg95
4,742 Scotland94
4,997 Congo90
27,603 Spain80
932 French Polynesia68
17,490 Benin58
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
2,649 Angola36
4,028 Suriname32
7,666 Singapore30
54,524 Greece27
814 Saint Lucia27
153,425 Philippines27
2,395 Senegal24
371 Cayman Islands22
5,083 Paraguay22
33,666 Sweden21
981 Jersey20
21,357 Niger20
74,511 Malaysia16
4,769 China15
25,792 Denmark15
11,575 Burkina Faso14
35,657 Norway13
28,015 Peru12
25,625 United Arab Emirates12
28,211 Venezuela12
377,010 Russia11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
328 Monaco10
9,958 Northern Ireland9
5,469 Bahrain9
734 Djibouti9
2,946 Mozambique9
30,726 Qatar9
32,607 Saudi Arabia9
310,552 Nigeria8
8,962 Panama8
7,175 Guyana7
1,243 South Korea7
70,659 Tanzania7
9,403 Trinidad and Tobago7
2,111 United States Virgin Islands7
1,003 Grenada6
121,657 Italy6
156,558 Poland6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Hy.W. Jacques worked as gentleman and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 35 years old embarked for USA from Bristol on Shannon and arrived on September 30, 1848. 30 years old Ann Jacques, Immigrant John Jacques, Wood stapler Thomas Jacques, are other Jacques that migrated to US.

From Italy

Tratentone Jacques from Italy aboard the Cella from London on October 12, 1866. He is registered to be 15 years old when he arrived in USA.

From Germany

Catherine Jacques worked as farmer and hailed from France. 55 years old embarked for USA from Havre on Marathon and arrived on July 26, 1850. 25 years old Ann Jacques, Ann Jacques (64), Eul. Jacques (40), Juls. Jacques, Lenn. Jacques (7), P. Jacques, aged 38, Dominique Jacques (29) Farmer, Adolphe Jacques, aged 24, and 100 other Jacques around 44.87% of whom were farmer while others worked as laborer and servant, merchant, dressmaker, teacher, gentleman migrated to US.

Jacques Namesakes

  • Hattie Jacques, English comedy actress of stage, radio and screen
  • John Jacques, Baron Jacques, British businessman and politician for the Co-operative Party
  • Kateřina Jacques, Czech Green Party politician
  • Thomas Jacques, English first-class cricketer
  • Amédée Jacques, French-Argentine pedagogue and philosopher and one of the most prestigious educators of his time
  • Père Jacques, French Roman Catholic priest and Discalced Carmelite friar
  • Brian Jacques, English writer
  • Cheryl Jacques, American politician and attorney
  • Jeph Jacques, American cartoonist
  • Richard Jacques, British multi-award-winning composer of film
  • Bruno St. Jacques, Bruno St
  • Jean-François Jacques, Canadian professional ice hockey left winger
  • Raymond St. Jacques, Raymond St
  • Robin Jacques, illustrator whose work was published
  • Odir Jacques, retired Brazilian soccer striker
  • Carole Jacques, Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada

Jacques Namesakes

  • Hattie Jacques, English comedy actress of stage, radio and screen
  • John Jacques, Baron Jacques, British businessman and politician for the Co-operative Party
  • Kateřina Jacques, Czech Green Party politician
  • Thomas Jacques, English first-class cricketer
  • Amédée Jacques, French-Argentine pedagogue and philosopher and one of the most prestigious educators of his time
  • Père Jacques, French Roman Catholic priest and Discalced Carmelite friar
  • Brian Jacques, English writer
  • Cheryl Jacques, American politician and attorney
  • Jeph Jacques, American cartoonist
  • Richard Jacques, British multi-award-winning composer of film
  • Bruno St. Jacques, Bruno St
  • Jean-François Jacques, Canadian professional ice hockey left winger
  • Raymond St. Jacques, Raymond St
  • Robin Jacques, illustrator whose work was published
  • Odir Jacques, retired Brazilian soccer striker
  • Carole Jacques, Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada

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