Isaacs Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Isaacs Name Meaning: A patronymic from 'Isaac',from the Hebrew personal name yishaq ‘he laughs’.The name originally meant 'may God laugh','smile on him'.

This was the name of the son of 'Abraham'.The traditional explanation is that Abraham and Sarah laughed with joy when their son was born,concidering their age.

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Channel Islands 7
Derbyshire 1
Devon 25
Dorset 35
Essex 19
Glamorgan 5
Gloucestershire 29
Hampshire 59
Hertfordshire 7
Hunts and Rutland 0
Kent 34
Lancashire 38
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 4
London 709
Middlesex 3
Monmouthshire 9
Norfolk 22
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 1
Pembrokeshire 3
Shropshire 3
Suffolk 6
Somerset 12
Surrey 3
Sussex 3
Warwickshire 6
Wiltshire 16
Yorkshire 19
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Denbighshire 0
Durham 0
Flintshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Northumberland 0
Oxfordshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Staffordshire 0
Westmorland 0
Worcestershire 0

Isaacs Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Isaacs family

Profession Census Frequency
Independent 46
General Dealer 30
Agricultural Labourer 13
Female Servant 13
Dealer 11
Dress Maker 9
Tailor 9
Cap Maker 8
Clothes Dealer 7
Fishmonger 7
Male Servant 6
Labourer 6
Merchant 6
Traveller 5
Broker 5
Butcher 5
Inmate In The School 5
Hawker 4
Farmer 4
Servant 4
Bonnet Maker 4
Pawn Broker 3
Fruiterer 3
Glass Cutter 3
Green Grocer 3

Most Frequent Forenames for Isaacs

Name Census Frequency
Sarah Isaacs 673
Mary Isaacs 557
Elizabeth Isaacs 494
William Isaacs 494
John Isaacs 488
Henry Isaacs 447
Samuel Isaacs 355
Joseph Isaacs 323
Abraham Isaacs 310
George Isaacs 297
Isaac Isaacs 296
Jane Isaacs 291
Hannah Isaacs 286
Charles Isaacs 265
Annie Isaacs 262
Esther Isaacs 258
James Isaacs 229
David Isaacs 228
Thomas Isaacs 224
Lewis Isaacs 220
Rebecca Isaacs 214
Ann Isaacs 174
Julia Isaacs 172
Rachel Isaacs 170
Alfred Isaacs 165

Isaacs Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Isaacs 100% 17,861
2 Issacs 83% 920
3 Scase 33% 637
4 Scouse 17% 348
5 Scuse 17% 338
6 Isaccs 83% 200
7 Sucas 33% 199
8 Isaacks 86% 103

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