Jacobsohn
surname · Latin script
Meaning: patronymic from the personal name Jacob
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/jəkəbasən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Jacobsohn is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- USUnited States
- ZASouth Africa
- DEGermany
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
patronymic from the personal name Jacob.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Jacobsohn is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Patronym auf -sohn zu Jacob. Muster: patronymisches -sohn.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Simon E. Jacobsohnb. 1839USRussian-American violinist
- Louis Jacobsohn-Laskb. 1863PLGerman neurologist (1863–1940)
- Leopold Jacobsonb. 1878ATnot in their usual nameAustrian screenwriter (1878–1943)
- Hermann Jacobsohnb. 1879DEGerman university teacher (1879-1933)
- Siegfried Jacobsohnb. 1881DEGerman writer (1881–1926)
- Leo Jacobsohnb. 1881USphysician (1881-1944)
- Hanns John Jacobsohnb. 1890PLGerman singer and educationist (1890–1942)
- Edith Jacobsohnb. 1891DEGerman translator and publisher (1891–1935)
- Irene Jacobsohnb. 1893ATAustrian botanist and serologist (1893-1978)
- Dora Jacobsohnb. 1908SEGerman-Swedish physiologist and endocrinologist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 10 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 235 | #85,600 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 189 | #96,368 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 174 | #96,918 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 17 | — |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 8 | #72,019 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Jacobsohn mean, and where does it come from?
- patronymic from the personal name Jacob. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Jacobsohn?
- A machine transcription gives /jəkəbasən/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Jacobsohn have the most bearers?
- Jacobsohn is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jacobsohn”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.