# Jago (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/jago/  
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 | Latin |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 496 |
| US rank (2010) | 43,511 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 622,471 people |
| Change since 2000 | -6.6% (531 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Cornish Jago, from Latin Iācōbus (“James”), from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ, literally “May He Heel”), from the third-person singular masculine imperfective form of the Semitic verb "to heel" (with various meanings), in turn from עָקֵב (ʿāqēḇ, “heel of the foot”), historically mediated by the folk etymology found in Biblical account of the patriarch Jacob's birth in Genesis 25:26. Doublet of Iago, Yago, James, Jacob, Jacques, Diego, Santiago, and San Diego.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Jago 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Similar surnames

Jaco, Jasso, Jaso, Joyce, Jack, Jose, Joshi, Jacks, Josey, Jessee, Jessie, Jesse.

## 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.