# Jacobi (surname)

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

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,563 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,161 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 86,653 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.5% (3,443 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Jacobe |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Jacopi, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname from a Latinized patronymic from the personal name Jacob.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Jacobi 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Jacobi in the United States, Canada and Brazil.

## People named Jacobi

- Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi, American physician, writer and suffragist (1842-1906)
- Lou Jacobi, actor (1913-2009)
- Joe Jacobi, American canoe racer
- Júlio César Jacobi, Brazilian footballer
- Carl Richard Jacobi, American writer (1908-1997)
- Frederick Jacobi, American composer (1891–1952)

## Similar surnames

Jacob, Jacobo, Jacoby, Joseph, Jessup, Jessop.

## 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.