Jackson Family

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About the Jackson surname

The surname Jackson is associated with a patronymic formation. The -son ending traditionally indicates descent, with the sense “son of.”. The name therefore belongs to a tradition in which an ancestor's given name gradually became a hereditary surname. Different families could independently adopt a surname formed from the same given name.

Pronunciation: Djak-seun/dʒaksœn/

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The Jackson name in our genealogy archives

25,710occurrences in our collections
10collections containing this name
420 6101881 → 1901people enumerated
1768First mention of the name
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