The Jacques surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 12,942 people carried this name — #2,572 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 20,800 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 8,148 people named Jacques.
196 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 102 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
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 3,518 people named Jacques 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 Namur.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
125 people named Jacques live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Jacques in American newspapers,
1893–1915.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 179,910 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Jacques,
with a public archive behind them.
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Napoléon Jacques 1804–1876 · sculptor -
Amédée Jacques 1813–1865 · writer -
Rémy Jacques 1817–1905 · lawyer -
Édouard Jacques 1828–1900 · politician -
Emile Jacques-Palotte 1830–1885 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 183 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Jacques.
- Jacot 635 · U.S. census
- Jacquard 109 · U.S. census
- Jacquart 283 · U.S. census
- Jacque 615 · U.S. census
- Jacqueline 129 · U.S. census
- Jacquemin 250 · U.S. census
- Jacquet 1,199 · U.S. census
- Jacquette 231 · U.S. census
- Jacquez 3,562 · U.S. census
- Jacquin 460 · U.S. census
- Jacquinot 108 · U.S. census
- Jacquot 475 · U.S. census
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