How common is the surname Jacobsen?

18,820 people in the United States had the surname Jacobsen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,405 Americans. It ranked 1,914th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Jacobsen?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Jacobsen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Jacobsen?

Stephanie Jacobsen, Australian actress, followed by Casey Jacobsen.

Where is the surname Jacobsen most common?

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

Is the surname Jacobsen getting more or less common?

Less common. 18,831 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,820 in 2010, down 0.1%.

The surname Jacobsen

A surname, carried by 18,820 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex J212

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jacobsen is more common than 98.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 18,820 people named Jacobsen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,405 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 18,831.

#1,914

rank among US surnames

18,820

people in 2010

6.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.1%

change since 2000 (was #1,743)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,905	Barrientos	18,877	16,356
#1,906	Ogden	18,860	16,370
#1,907	McClendon	18,857	16,373
#1,908	Araujo	18,856	16,374
#1,909	Sumner	18,838	16,390
#1,910	Saavedra	18,834	16,393
#1,912	Landis	18,826	16,400

Who is named Jacobsen

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

95% of people named Jacobsen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Jacobsens

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Stephanie Jacobsen
Australian actress, born 1980
Casey Jacobsen
American basketball player (born 1981)
Eric Jacobsen
American chemist, born 1960
Colombe Jacobsen
American actress, born 1977

Notable Jacobsens come mostly from the United States (3) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Jacobsen

Jacobsen has the Soundex code J212, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J212.

Questions

How common is the surname Jacobsen?: 18,820 people in the United States had the surname Jacobsen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,405 Americans. It ranked 1,914th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Jacobsen?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Jacobsen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Jacobsen?: Stephanie Jacobsen, Australian actress, followed by Casey Jacobsen.
Where is the surname Jacobsen most common?: Wikidata records people named Jacobsen in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Jacobsen getting more or less common?: Less common. 18,831 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,820 in 2010, down 0.1%.