How common is the surname Jacoby?

9,372 people in the United States had the surname Jacoby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,943 Americans. It ranked 3,776th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Jacoby?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Jacoby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Jacoby?

Lydia Jacoby, American swimmer, followed by Susan Jacoby.

Where is the surname Jacoby most common?

Wikidata records people named Jacoby in the United States.

How do you pronounce Jacoby?

Jacoby is /dʒəˈkoʊbi/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Jacoby getting more or less common?

More common. 9,225 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,372 in 2010, up 1.6%.

Is Jacoby also a first name?

Yes. Jacoby is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Jacoby

A surname, carried by 9,372 people in the United States.

Pronounced /dʒəˈkoʊbi/ 3 syllables Soundex J210 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jacoby is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,372 people named Jacoby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,943 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,225.

#3,776

rank among US surnames

9,372

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #3,534)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,768	Neill	9,404	32,831
#3,769	Irvine	9,397	32,856
#3,770	Jolley	9,392	32,873
#3,771	Resendez	9,390	32,880
#3,772	Noland	9,386	32,894
#3,773	Cousins	9,380	32,915
#3,774	Mull	9,377	32,926

Who is named Jacoby

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

94% of people named Jacoby identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Jacobys

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lydia Jacoby
American swimmer, born 2004
Susan Jacoby
American journalist, born 1945
Scott Jacoby
American actor, born 1956
Joe Jacoby
American football player, born 1959
Oswald Jacoby
American bridge player (1902–1984)
Dustin Jacoby
American martial artist, born 1988

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Jacoby

Jacoby has the Soundex code J210, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J210.

Questions

How common is the surname Jacoby?: 9,372 people in the United States had the surname Jacoby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,943 Americans. It ranked 3,776th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Jacoby?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Jacoby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Jacoby?: Lydia Jacoby, American swimmer, followed by Susan Jacoby.
Where is the surname Jacoby most common?: Wikidata records people named Jacoby in the United States.
How do you pronounce Jacoby?: Jacoby is /dʒəˈkoʊbi/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Jacoby getting more or less common?: More common. 9,225 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,372 in 2010, up 1.6%.
Is Jacoby also a first name?: Yes. Jacoby is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.