# Jacobsen (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 18,820 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,914 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 16,405 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.1% (18,831 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Jacobsen 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Jacobsen in the United States and Australia.

## People named Jacobsen

- Stephanie Jacobsen, Australian actress
- Casey Jacobsen, American basketball player (born 1981)
- Eric Jacobsen, American chemist
- Colombe Jacobsen, American actress

## Similar surnames

Jacobson, Jacobs, Jacobus, Josephson, Jakubowski, Josephs.

## 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.