# Jacoby (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/jacoby/  
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) | 9,372 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,776 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 32,943 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.6% (9,225 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /dʒəˈkoʊbi/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Jacoby 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) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Jacoby in the United States.

## People named Jacoby

- Lydia Jacoby, American swimmer
- Susan Jacoby, American journalist
- Scott Jacoby, American actor
- Joe Jacoby, American football player
- Oswald Jacoby, American bridge player (1902–1984)
- Dustin Jacoby, American martial artist

## Similar surnames

Jacob, Jacobo, Jacobi, 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.