The surname Jago
A Latin surname, carried by 496 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex J200 Also a first name
Origin
Latin origin
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.
One of 91 Latin surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 496 people named Jago in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 622,471 Americans. That is down 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 531.
Who is named Jago
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
90% of people named Jago identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
- White (not Hispanic) 90%
- Black (not Hispanic) 4.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 2.2%
- Two or more races 2.0%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Jago has the Soundex code J200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J200.
Other Latin surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Jago come from?
- 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…
- How common is the surname Jago?
- 496 people in the United States had the surname Jago in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 622,471 Americans. It ranked 43,511th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Jago?
- In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Jago identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Jago getting more or less common?
- Less common. 531 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 496 in 2010, down 6.6%.
- Is Jago also a first name?
- Yes. Jago 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.