is the surname jacobs from england?

Question

its my great great fathers surname would really like know thanks

Answer 1

You really have to do the research to figure out where your family's name developed. I can give you several good, well-educated guesses, but it's just as possible that your family descends from a Russian Jew who jumped ship in 1620.

Theory 1. Your family descends from a man named Jacob and his sons used his name as the family surname. They may or may not have called themselves Jacobson.

Theory 2. Your ancestors came to England from another country and brought their name with them. Example: You could be one of my cousins. My Jacobs line was originally called Jacques and came from Normandie. Then they went to Alsace and were called by the more German Jacobs. They got kicked out of Alsace because they were Huguenots and went to Amsterdam where they lived for a bit. They were still called Jacobs, which is a common Dutch surname. Then they got tired of Amsterdam and jumped across to London where they lived a bit. But London wasn't much fun. They made their way back to Noord Brabant and lived there for a bit before going back into France. They kept the Jacobs name and live there to this day by that surname. At the expense of repeating something ad nauseum, names don't come from places, people do. People take their names with them wherever they go and the name becomes engrained in a culture after a few generations. Surnames are really very new inventions in the history of man and it's common to find the same names in many different countries...and they're seemingly unrelated.

Theory 3. Your ancestors were Jewish and migrated over time to England. Only research will tell you if it's true.

Theory 4. Jacobs came to England from a statesman from another country who stayed and married into English society.



I know all of these are true of some families in England. The problem is that they're not true of ALL Jacobs families in England. To know which is true of YOUR family you'll have to do the research through civil registers, religious registries, land and probate records. It's such a common name that there is no simple answer to your question.

Answer 2

Hey Fernando,

This question was answered yesterday also. The name comes from more than one place. You may need to do a Family Tree for you to be sure which origin is yours. You could also do a DNA Project. Family Tree DNA has a Jacobs project you should join. They will want to know as much as you know about your family ancestors. If you need help tracing this then that is a different question. How you get that information can vary from person to person - you can trace it yourself with Vital Records, or pay a genealogist to do it. Anyway, if you are a Jacobs also, then you can be the participant in the DNA study. If you are not, then you need a living JACOBS from the same branch as you to do the study.
http://www.familytreedna.com/name_search.aspx?search=SearchName&surname=gSurName&value=jacobs&type=eq

Swyrich.com by James P. Wolf says English, German and Spanish.

Check it out.
Spanish:
Spelling variations of this family name include: Jacobo, Jacome, Jacob, Jacobs, Jaco, Jaca and others.

First found in the southern region of Andalusia, in Seville. However, the name was probably brought to Spain by people whose roots are found in Flanders.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Simon Jacome Cops Coezman who arrived in Peru in 1555; Felipe Jacome de Villalpando who settled in the Spanish Main in 1592; and Dolores Jacome who settled in Puerto Rico in 1857.

German:
Spelling variations of this family name include: Jacobsen, Jacobson, Jacobs, Jacobse, Jacob, Jacober, Jacobi, Jacobie, Jacoby, Jacobsohn, Jacobssohn, Jakobs, Jakober, Jakobsohn, Jacobsson, Jakobsson, Jakobssohn, Jakobsen, Jakobi, Jakobson, Jakobie and many more.

First found in Silesia, where the name was an integral part of a feudal society which would shape modern European history.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Jurgen Jacobs, who settled in Germantown, Pennsylvania in 1683 along with many other members of this family. Christian Jacob came to America in 1709; as did John Jacobi in the same year, while Johannes Jackobi came to Philadelphia in 1753. Wendell Jacobie came to Philadelphia in 1733.

English:
Spelling variations of this family name include: Jacobs, Jacob and others.

First found in Dorset where they were seated from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Adam Jacobs, who arrived in Lancaster, PA in 1761; John, Frederick, Phillip, Samuel and William Jacobs, who all arrived in Philadelphia between 1840 and 1860.
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With 552 Jocobs entries, Family Search.com by LDS agrees with Swyrich.com, but note that there are more Scandanavian countries, Russia, Carribean and other world locations where this name exists. The oldest, do show a pattern that says it could originate in those 3 locations.

Answer 3

Depending on where your family originates it could be either English, German, or Spanish. Check out the following website.

http://www.houseofnames.com

Answer 4

thats my surname, and it does come from england, origanted from jacobson

Answer 5

it does sound english, make sure though

try these sites:

Answer 6

Dunno, but you've got some links to find out.