Jaques surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Jaques surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,224 people carried this name — #9,998 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 91,700 people counted. That is up 5% from 3,067 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

517 people named Jaques live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 285
Geneva 70
Neuchâtel 35
Valais 33
Zurich 32
Fribourg 24
Bern 16
Basel-Landschaft 10

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 Belgium’s population register

At least 228 people named Jaques 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 West Flanders.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

West Flanders 181
East Flanders 33
Hainaut 8
Antwerp 6

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 213 people named Jaques 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 Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 96
Misiones 34
Neuquén 27
Chubut 24
City of Buenos Aires 20
Formosa 12

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 85 people named Jaques.

16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 16
Pas-de-Calais 9
Loire-Atlantique 7
Nord 6
Paris 6
Doubs 5
Loiret 5
Yvelines 4
Haut-Rhin 3

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

In print

Jaques in American newspapers,
1839–1904.

Newspaper page from The Watchman And Southron carrying the name Jaques
The Watchman And Southron 1904-12-28
Newspaper page from Delaware Inquirer carrying the name Jaques
Delaware Inquirer 1860-02-04
Newspaper page from The Columbia Democrat carrying the name Jaques
The Columbia Democrat 1839-03-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 47,518 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Jaques,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Heinrich Jaques
    Heinrich Jaques 1831–1894 · politician
  • Heinrich Jaques
    Heinrich Jaques 1831–1894 · politician
  • Herbert Jaques
    Herbert Jaques 1857–1916 · cartographer
  • Sir Roger Jaques d. 1653 · politician
  • Helen Annette Jaques d. 2016
  • Mary Babette Jaques d. 1993

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

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