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

Jackels, 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 Jackels surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Jackels in America

Jackels is the 76275th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Jackels surname appeared 252 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 Jackels.

We can also compare 2010 data for Jackels 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 Jackels

The surname JACKELS is believed to have originated in Germany, with the earliest records dating back to the 13th century. It is thought to be derived from the German word "Jackel," which means "jacket" or "short coat," suggesting that the name may have originally referred to a person who made or sold jackets or coats.

In the 14th century, the name was recorded in various forms, such as "Jakelius" and "Jackeleyn," in several medieval documents and records from various parts of Germany. One notable mention is in the Kirchenbuch (church book) of the town of Nürnberg, where a "Johannes Jackeleyn" is listed as a resident in the year 1387.

The earliest known bearer of the surname JACKELS is Heinrich Jackels, who was born in the town of Aachen in 1412. He was a merchant and is mentioned in several trade records from the Hanseatic League, a powerful commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and their market towns that dominated trade along the coast of Northern Europe.

Another notable figure with this surname was Johann Jackels, a Lutheran theologian and scholar born in Wittenberg in 1534. He studied under Martin Luther and is known for his translations of several religious texts from Latin and Greek into German.

In the 16th century, the name JACKELS appears in several town records and local histories from various regions of Germany, suggesting that it had spread across the country by this time. For example, a "Hans Jackels" is mentioned as a landowner in the village of Ramstein in the year 1567.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, the surname JACKELS also began to appear in records from other parts of Europe, likely due to migration and trade. For instance, a "Jacob Jackels" is recorded as a merchant in the city of Amsterdam in the Netherlands in 1687, while a "Peter Jackels" is listed as a resident of the town of Strasbourg in France in 1712.

Other notable bearers of the surname JACKELS include Friedrich Jackels (1767-1832), a German composer and organist who served as the Kapellmeister (music director) at the court of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Karl Jackels (1801-1874), a German-born architect who designed several notable buildings in St. Petersburg, Russia, during the reign of Tsar Nicholas I.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Jackels

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

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 Jackels 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 Jackels 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 Jackels was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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