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The Jacot surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 670 people carried this name — #33,941 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is up 6% from 635 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Jacot surname

Borrowed from French Jacot, a pet form of the personal name Jacques.

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

954 people named Jacot live in Switzerland.

They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Neuchâtel.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Neuchâtel 404
Vaud 192
Geneva 90
Bern 78
Fribourg 50
Valais 47
Zurich 25
Jura 23

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 413 people named Jacot.

31 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 47 départements, most often Doubs.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 31
Doubs 87
Paris 55
Saône-et-Loire 31
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 23
Meurthe-et-Moselle 20
Gironde 14
Côte-d’Or 13
Hautes-Pyrénées 12

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 57 people named Jacot live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Luxembourg Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Luxembourg Province 24
Liège 14
Hainaut 10
Namur 9

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 36 people named Jacot live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Córdoba.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Córdoba 36

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Jacot,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Auguste Jacot 1845–1919 · Catholic priest
  • A. Jacot 1864–1927 · architect
  • A. Jacot 1869–1943 · hatter
  • Dorothy Pontifex 1881–
  • Auguste Jacot 1884–1953 · politician
  • Arthur P. Jacot 1890–1939 · arachnologist

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

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