Find out how popular the last name Isackson is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Isackson.

Isackson, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Isackson surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Isackson in America

Isackson is the 62903rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Isackson surname appeared 318 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Isackson.

We can also compare 2010 data for Isackson to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Isackson

The surname Isackson has its origins in Scandinavia, particularly in Sweden and Norway, where it was derived from the personal name Isak, which is the Swedish and Norwegian form of the biblical name Isaac. This name can be traced back to the Old Testament, where Isaac was the son of Abraham and Sarah.

The earliest recorded instances of the surname Isackson date back to the 16th and 17th centuries in Sweden and Norway. It was a patronymic name, meaning "son of Isak," following the Scandinavian naming tradition of adding the suffix "-son" to the father's given name.

One of the earliest known bearers of the name Isackson was Nils Isackson, a Swedish farmer who lived in the village of Börstig, Dalsland, during the late 16th century. Records from the Dalsland Parish Register mention him as a landowner and taxpayer in the area.

In Norway, one of the earliest recorded instances of the name Isackson can be found in the Bergen Census of 1665, where a man named Isack Isackson is listed as a resident of the city.

The Isackson surname was also found in other parts of Scandinavia, such as Denmark and Finland, where it likely originated from Swedish or Norwegian immigrants who settled in those regions.

Notable individuals with the surname Isackson include:

1. Johan Isackson (1655-1732), a Swedish merchant and shipowner who played a significant role in the development of the Swedish East India Company.
2. Nils Isackson Lilljeholm (1703-1768), a Swedish-Finnish clergyman and educator who served as the rector of the Härnösand Gymnasium in Sweden.
3. Isak Isackson (1778-1844), a Norwegian farmer and politician who served as a member of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814.
4. Hilma Isackson (1875-1957), a Swedish-American artist known for her landscape paintings and portraits, many of which depicted scenes from her native Sweden.
5. Gunnar Isackson (1909-1988), a Swedish-American businessman and philanthropist who co-founded the Isackson Companies, a successful real estate development firm in Minnesota.

While the surname Isackson has its roots in Scandinavia, it has since spread to other parts of the world, particularly through immigration to countries like the United States, Canada, and Australia.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Isackson

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Isackson.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Isackson was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Isackson has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Isackson was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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