Jackson
surname · Latin script
Meaning: 'son of Jack'; first attested Adam Jackessone 1327 SRSf
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/dʒæksən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Jackson is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country, where it is the 19th most common surname.
- PKPakistan≈1 in 375(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 465
- USUnited States1 in 470
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- #112 (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 629 (measured from records)
- 1 in 144 (inferred from the name graph)
708,099 people, 2010
of 19M surnames
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
St. Vincent & Grenadines
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
'son of Jack'; first attested Adam Jackessone 1327 SRSf
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Jackson, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Jackson counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #19 | 708,099 | 1 in 470 | 708K | Jackson | 629 |
| PK Pakistan | #261 | ≈620,000 est. | ≈1 in 375 | — | Jackson | 33 |
| GB United Kingdom | #22 | ≈140,000 est. | ≈1 in 465 | 775 | Jackson | 361 |
| TZ Tanzania | — | ≈100,000 est. | ≈1 in 574 | — | Jackson | 45 |
| EG Egypt | #473 | ≈73,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | — | Jackson | 46 |
| VC St. Vincent & Grenadines | — | 705 | 1 in 144 | 705 | — | 16 |
708,099 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024); Electoral Office of St Vincent & the Grenadines — Final Voters List (Nov 2025). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Jackson is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
‘Transferred use of the surname, mean- JA ACQUELI JA JACQUELINE from the 16th century onwards. Compare pJames.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In English, A surname originating as a patronymic.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, 'Son of Jack'.
as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
In English, Patronymic meaning 'son of Jack'.
as a nameTên Họ Người Việt Nam
In Irish, An English name numerous, especially in Ulster, since mid-seventeenth century. Bibl
as a nameThe Surnames of Ireland
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)
- Andrew Jacksonb. 1767USpresident of the United States from 1829 to 1837
- Glenda Jacksonb. 1936GBBritish actress and politician (1936–2023)
- Jesse Jacksonb. 1941USAmerican Baptist minister, activist, civil rights leader, politician, and founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition (1941–2026)
- Samuel L. Jacksonb. 1948USAmerican actor (born 1948)
- Michael Jacksonb. 1958USAmerican singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (1958–2009)
- Peter Jacksonb. 1961NZNew Zealand film director, screenwriter, producer and actor (born 1961)
- Janet Jacksonb. 1966USAmerican singer, songwriter, dancer and actress (born 1966)
- Ketanji Brown Jacksonb. 1970USAmerican lawyer and jurist (born 1970)
- 50 Centb. 1975USnot in their usual nameAmerican rapper and actor (born 1975)
- Paris Jacksonb. 1998USAmerican model, actress, singer and musician
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 123 sources across 62 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 708K | #19 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 687K | #20 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 666K | #18 |
| VC St. Vincent & Grenadines | Electoral Office of St Vincent & the Grenadines — Final Voters List (Nov 2025) | 2025 | 705 | #19 |
Reference works 10
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
- Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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 Jackson mean, and where does it come from?
- 'son of Jack'; first attested Adam Jackessone 1327 SRSf Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- In which country does Jackson have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 708 thousand people named Jackson, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jackson.
- Where is Jackson most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Jackson is densest in St. Vincent & Grenadines — about 1 in 144 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Jackson?
- In the United States, the national register counted 708,099 people named Jackson in 2010, about 1 in 470 residents.
- How common is Jackson compared with other names?
- In the United States, Jackson is the 19th most common surname of 6,282,806 surnames recorded there.
- How do you pronounce Jackson?
- A machine transcription gives /dʒæksən/ (IPA) for English.
What do you want to know about Jackson?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jacksonThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jackson” — the 19th most common surname in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.