The Isaacson surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,668 people carried this name — #4,628 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 38,500 people counted. That is up 3% from 7,425 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Isaacson surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

From Isaac + -son.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Isaacson» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Isaac’.

An early record he cites: Robert fil. Isaac, Lincolnshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls. Fil. is Latin for “son of”.

His entry covers Isaac, Isaacs and Isaacson.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 420 · public domain.

In the Nordic population registers

38 people named Isaacson is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 38

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Isaacson in American newspapers,
1871–1924.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Isaacson
Evening Star 1921-08-07
Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Isaacson
New-york Tribune 1871-08-25
Newspaper page from Pinedale Roundup carrying the name Isaacson
Pinedale Roundup 1924-07-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,349 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Isaacson in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1990s.

5,289 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Isaacson. The most, 959, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 2.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 3,056
South Australia 1,027
New South Wales 587
Queensland 265
Western Australia 164
Tasmania 136
ACT (Canberra) 28
Northern Territory 11

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Isaacson.

Who carried it

People named Isaacson,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Charles Augustus Isaacson d. 1845 · naval officer
  • Elizabeth Jane Leigh d. 1852
  • Ann Isaacson 1773–1840
  • Frederick Wootton Isaacson 1835–1898 · politician
  • Kate Edith Serjeantson 1849–1931
  • Frederick J. F. W. Isaacson 1858–1948

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Isaacson,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,360 records

1,360 records of the Isaacson name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 522
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 299
  • Other U.S. records 539
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Harvey C. Isaacson

    Born 1897 in Montana. Enlisted 1942 at Sacramento, California; watchman. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1953, buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Olga Isaacson

    Arrived at New York in 1895 aboard the Umbria from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 22; servant. From Finland, Russia.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Gary Allen Isaacson

    Born 1945; from Amery, Wisconsin. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1966 in South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 1,360 records for Isaacson in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Netherlands216 records

216 records of the Isaacson name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 114
  • Dutch population registers 102
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Philip Joseph Isaacson

    Born 1822 in Middelburg. Married in 1854 in Deventer. Died 1879 in Amersfoort, aged 57.

    Open Archives, Zeeuws Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Collectie Overijssel locatie Zwolle (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Wilhelmina Reijna Isaacson

    Born 1881 in Nijmegen. Died 1942 in Auswitsch-Birkenau, Poland.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Adolf Maurits Adriaan Isaacson

    Born 1911 in Utrecht. Died 1945 in Utrecht, aged 33.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 216 records for Isaacson in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Australia176 records

176 records of the Isaacson name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 115
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 22
  • Other Australian records 39
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record John Isaacson

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Ocean, arriving 1823; ticket of leave 1829. Native of Cambridgeshire.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record James Isaacson

    Arrived in Queensland in 1874 aboard the Royal Dane, aged 19.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Stuleville J. Isaacson

    Clerk of Kew, Victoria; died 1874.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 176 records for Isaacson in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada6 records

6 records of the Isaacson name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 3
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Oscar Isaacson

    Buried in 1971 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 76.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Jacob Isaacson

    Died 1958 in Cole Harbour, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Jacob Isaacson

    Married 1900 in Richmond, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 6 records for Isaacson in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

United Kingdom4 records

4 records of the Isaacson name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 2
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 2
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record John Giles Isaacson

    Buried in 1828 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 37.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record A. Isaacson

    Royal Army Medical Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1919.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record John Giles Isaacson

    Buried in 1828 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 47.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Showing 3 of 4 records for Isaacson in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Germany1 record

1 record of the Isaacson name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Sali Isaacson

    From Dinslaken, Ruhrort. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 20 October 1914.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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