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Meaning of the nameJackson

Jackson is a masculine name of English origin, coming from the patronymic surname meaning 'son of Jack'.

Meaning

“son of Jack”

Source: Behind the Name: Jackson

People (2022)
72,948
Rank in Brazil
#414
Median age
29 years
2010 Census
58,806
people

Jackson in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Jackson, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (23,657 people).

318 women 72,630 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Jackson is most common

States with the highest share of people named Jackson in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Alagoas 0.080%
  2. Rio Grande do Norte 0.073%
  3. Bahia 0.064%
  4. Amapá 0.064%
  5. Amazonas 0.064%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo9,1040.021%
Bahia9,0950.064%
Minas Gerais5,0920.025%
Pernambuco4,8390.053%
Santa Catarina4,6640.061%
Paraná4,4890.039%
Rio de Janeiro3,7260.023%
Pará3,5240.043%
Rio Grande do Sul2,9950.028%
Maranhão2,9430.043%
Ceará2,6520.030%
Alagoas2,5110.080%
Amazonas2,5020.064%
Rio Grande do Norte2,4150.073%
Paraíba1,8480.047%
Espírito Santo1,7170.045%
Goiás1,4480.021%
Mato Grosso1,2850.035%
Piauí1,1860.036%
Sergipe1,1360.051%
Mato Grosso do Sul9100.033%
Distrito Federal7870.028%
Rondônia5820.037%
Amapá4720.064%
Tocantins4600.030%
Roraima3290.052%
Acre2370.029%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Jackson

Behind the Name explains Jackson as a name taken from the English surname meaning 'son of Jack', and Wiktionary breaks it down as Jack + -son. According to Wiktionary, Jack comes from the Middle English Jackin, derived from the French Jacques, which goes back to the Latin Iacobus and the Hebrew Yaʿăqōḇ. Jacson and Jakson are among the spelling variants of Jackson in the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil). In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 72,948 people named Jackson, most of them born in the 1980s and 1990s. Proportionally, it is most common in Alagoas.

This is the English spelling of the surname and the most recorded in the group.

Other spellings of Jackson

SpellingPeople (2022)
Jackson72,948
Jacson19,617
Jakson13,969

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Jackson · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: Jackson · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Jackson · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Jackson

What does the name Jackson mean?

Jackson means “son of Jack”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Jackson in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 72,948 people with the first name Jackson, which ranks it number 414 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Jackson a boy's or a girl's name?

Jackson is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 318 women and 72,630 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Jackson?

Jackson is a name of English origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Jackson most common?

Proportionally, in Alagoas: 0.080% of the state's population is named Jackson (2,511 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Jackson?

Jacson and Jakson. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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