How common is the surname Isaacs?

14,951 people in the United States had the surname Isaacs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,650 Americans. It ranked 2,422nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Isaacs?

Jason Isaacs, British actor (born 1963), followed by Isaac Isaacs.

Where is the surname Isaacs most common?

Wikidata records people named Isaacs in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

Is the surname Isaacs getting more or less common?

More common. 14,379 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,951 in 2010, up 4.0%.

The surname Isaacs

A patronymic surname, carried by 14,951 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex I220

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Isaacs is more common than 98.5% of them.

Origin

A surname originating as a patronymic, derived from Isaac

Isaacs is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 14,951 people named Isaacs in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 20,650 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,379.

#2,422

rank among US surnames

14,951

people in 2010

5.1

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #2,306)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,414	Ruth	15,012	20,567
#2,415	Starkey	15,004	20,578
#2,416	Lind	14,990	20,597
#2,417	Waggoner	14,983	20,606
#2,418	Gannon	14,981	20,609
#2,419	Meek	14,970	20,624
#2,420	Puente	14,966	20,630

Who is named Isaacs

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

84% of people named Isaacs identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Isaacss

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jason Isaacs
British actor (born 1963)
Isaac Isaacs
Australian lawyer, politician and judge (1855-1948)
Susan Isaacs
American novelist, born 1943
Rufus Isaacs
American game theorist (1914–1981)
Harold Isaacs
American writer (1910–1986)

Notable Isaacss come mostly from the United States (3), the United Kingdom (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Isaacks

Surnames that sound like Isaacs

Isaacs has the Soundex code I220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code I220.

Questions

How common is the surname Isaacs?: 14,951 people in the United States had the surname Isaacs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,650 Americans. It ranked 2,422nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Isaacs?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Isaacs identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Isaacs?: Jason Isaacs, British actor (born 1963), followed by Isaac Isaacs.
Where is the surname Isaacs most common?: Wikidata records people named Isaacs in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.
What type of surname is Isaacs?: Isaacs is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Isaacs getting more or less common?: More common. 14,379 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,951 in 2010, up 4.0%.
What are other spellings of Isaacs?: Isaacks.