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

Jaekel, 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 Jaekel surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Jaekel in America

Jaekel is the 61123rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Jaekel surname appeared 329 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 Jaekel.

We can also compare 2010 data for Jaekel 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 Jaekel

The surname Jaekel is of German origin and can be traced back to the 14th century. It originated from the Low German word "jakel", which was a diminutive form of the personal name Jakob. The name Jaekel was first recorded in the regions of Mecklenburg and Pomerania in northern Germany.

The earliest known bearer of the name Jaekel was a certain Hans Jaekel, who was mentioned in a document from the city of Greifswald in 1392. Another early record of the name can be found in the town of Stralsund, where a person named Claus Jaekel was listed in the city's tax records in 1412.

In the 15th century, the name Jaekel began to spread to other parts of Germany, particularly in the regions of Brandenburg and Saxony. One notable bearer of the name from this period was Johann Jaekel, a merchant from Leipzig who was born around 1450 and died in 1518.

In the 16th century, the name Jaekel was also found in areas of present-day Poland, which were then part of the Prussian region. A notable figure from this time was Martin Jaekel, a Lutheran theologian who was born in Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) in 1532 and died in 1589.

The 17th century saw the emergence of several prominent individuals with the surname Jaekel. One of them was Johann Georg Jaekel, a German composer and organist who was born in Leipzig in 1624 and died in 1683. Another notable bearer of the name was Gottfried Jaekel, a theologian and writer from Saxony who lived from 1639 to 1716.

In the 18th century, the name Jaekel continued to be found in various parts of Germany, as well as in neighboring regions. One notable figure was Johann Christoph Jaekel, a German painter and engraver who was born in Nuremberg in 1737 and died in 1805.

As the name Jaekel spread across Germany and neighboring areas over the centuries, various spelling variations emerged, such as Jaeckel, Jäckel, and Jäkel. However, the core meaning and origin of the name remained rooted in the Low German diminutive form of the personal name Jakob.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Jaekel

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

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

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