Jenks is used as a family name or surname in Hebrew. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Jenks
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: Same as Johns or the son of John

How popular is Jenks?

Jenks is common in England.

Jenks is ranked 41290 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Jenks bearers increased by 3.614458 per cent in 2010 US census to 7396 since 2000, the surname slipped by 220 spots and ranked at 4782. The last name was found in around 25 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.71 92.13
Hispanic or Latino 2.97 2
Black 2.19 2.3
Others 2.14 1.86
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.08 0.87
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.91 0.84
Jenks is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while New Zealand is ahead in terms of density. Around 11815 people have been found who wears Jenks as their family name. Jenks is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
720,003 Russia4
14,078 Japan3
14,054 China3
15,999 Slovakia2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
124,220 Italy2
34,681 Norway2
54,641 Sweden2
118,441 Germany2
1,704,541 India1
53,505 Turkey1
2,190 Barbados1
492,292 Ukraine1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
810,193 Indonesia1
90,903 Moldova1
36,678 Singapore1
91,024 Belgium1
2,374 Bermuda1
4,249 Cambodia1
34,581 Chile1
19,810 Croatia1
25,746 Finland1
277,603 France1
42,479 Greece1
16,640 Hong Kong1
56,169 Mexico1
31,207 Ireland1
58,885 Poland1
36,814 Romania1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
7,191 Afghanistan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
59,023 Tanzania49
54,131 Spain34
57,220 Netherlands27
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
6,953 Scotland72
2,992 Puerto Rico68
66,582 Argentina60
6,104 Wales56
Countries with hundreds of Jenks:
15,020 Canada249
24,304 South Africa237
4,204 New Zealand182
16,174 Australia163
Countries with thousands of Jenks:
4,406 United States9,057
4,866 England1,516
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Child Jno. Jenks from Great Britain aboard the Dromahair from Sligo during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 9 years old when he arrived in USA on October 3, 1849. James Jenks (20) Immigrant, Mary Jenks, aged 51, Julia-Ann Jenks, Jno. Jenks, aged 48, Rebecca Jenks (48) Immigrant, Immigrant Mary Jenks, Immigrant William Jenks, Rebecca Jenks, aged 17, and 6 other Jenks around 80% of whom were workman migrated to US.

Jenks Namesakes

  • AJ Jenks, Ice hockey player
  • Alden Jenks, Composer
  • Bobby Jenks, Baseball player
  • Stephen Jenks, Composer
  • Si Jenks, Actor
  • Robert Darrah Jenks, Author
  • Eben Jenks Loomis, Astronomer
  • Jeremiah Jenks, Economist
  • Edward Jenks, Writer
  • Eben Jenks Loomis, Astronomer

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