Surname Checker / Jacobs
How Common Is the Last Name Jacobs?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Jacobs today
131,332
Ranked #257 of 162,254 published surnames · 40.21 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 118,614 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
74.28%
Black
16.71%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.59%
Hispanic
2.52%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.