Jacobsen

18,160 people in the United States were counted with the surname Jacobsen in the 2020 census, making it the 1,938th most common in the country. That is about one person in 16,500.

By the numbers

People: 18,160
Rank: 1,938th
How common: 1 in 16,500
Per 100,000: 6.1

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Jacobsen described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 91.5%
Hispanic or Latino 3.7%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.1%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.9%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.4%
Black, not Hispanic 0.3%

Notable people called Jacobsen

Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847–1885)Danish novelist, poet, scientist
Arne Jacobsen (1902–1971)Danish architect and designer
Lars Jacobsen (born 1979)Danish footballer
Niklas Landin Jacobsen (born 1988)Danish handball player
Inger Jacobsen (1923–1996)Norwegian singer
Anders Jacobsen (born 1985)Norwegian former ski jumper
Magnus Landin Jacobsen (born 1995)Danish handball player
Roy Jacobsen (1954–2025)Norwegian author

People named Jacobsen with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Jacobsen

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.