How Many People Have the Last Name Jacob?
people had the surname Jacob in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 11,947 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+3,334 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Jacob (60%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 22.5%, are non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Jacob ranks #1,072. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 67.6% to 60%, and the non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander share rose from 15.7% to 22.5%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Jacob grew from 21,354 people in 2000 to 24,688 in 2010 (up 15.6%), and its rank rose from #1,541 to #1,444.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 21,354 | 24,688 |
| Rank | #1,541 | #1,444 |
| Per 100,000 people | 7.92 | 8.37 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Jacob
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Jacob: J210
👤 Jacob as a First Name
Jacob is a first name too: about 928,992 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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