Jacobsen Family Crest & Name History

A Jacobsen ancestor may well appear as Jacob in earlier records. The family name meaning is “From Jakob (Jacob)”, the same as for Jacob.

• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.
• Related forms: Jacobsson, Jacobsohn and Jacobus.
• Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Jacobson.
• The extra ending in Jacobsen is patronymic: it identified a person as belonging to Jacob's family.
• The 2010 census count for Jacobsen in the United States was 18,820, good for rank 1,914.

Family crest and blazon

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Jacob surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon. For the full story, order the Jacobsen surname pack.