Jenkins

Jenkins is the 106th most common surname in the United States, shared by 213,644 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 1,399.

By the numbers

People: 213,644
Rank: 106th
How common: 1 in 1,399
Per 100,000: 71.5

Where the name comes from

Origin a patronymic

A patronymic surname that is derived from the male given name (which forms diminutive)+ -s (denoting "son of") hence meaning "son of little John". It was originally an offshoot of the male medieval name Jenkin/Jankin. The name was brought from the crusaders; it originated in Cornwall but became popular in England and Wales.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Jenkins described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 55.7%
Black, not Hispanic 35.6%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.7%
Hispanic or Latino 3.0%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.6%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.5%

Notable people called Jenkins

Florence Foster Jenkins (1868–1944)American soprano, renowned for her lack of musical skill and singing ability
Helen Jenkins (born 1984)Welsh triathlete
Sanela Diana Jenkins (born 1973)Bosnian entrepreneur and philanthropist

People named Jenkins with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Jenkins

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.