Last Name JACOX

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The son of John, from the nickname Jack and suffix '-cock.' Jack-cock was soon abbreviated to Jacock, and this became corrupted into Jeacock. The patronymic Jacocks, of course, became Jacox.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 33,830 (2000 US census) 22,941 (1990 US census)
Count 635 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 65.83%, or 418 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 30.71%, or 195 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.05%, or 13 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Shortest last names

The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...

Longest last names

The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...

Surnames that make great first names

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