The Jaques Name: Records, Origin and Blazon

Jaques is a branch of the Jacques name tree. Taken at its root, Jaques points to “James / Jacob”.

• Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.
• According to the 2010 US Census, the Jaques surname had 3,224 bearers. Spanish statistics put 242 people with Jaques in first position and 247 in second.
• Before spelling was fixed, Jacques was also written Jaques.

Arms associated with the name

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