# Jacks (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/jacks/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Jack.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,946 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,813 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 51,925 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.2% (6,077 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Jacks in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Jacks in the United States.

## People named Jacks

- James Jacks, American film producer (1947–2014)

## Similar surnames

Jakes, Jack, Jaco, Joyce, Jasso, Jose, Joshi, Josey, Jessee, Jessie, Jesse, Joshua.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.