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The surname Jarnagin

A surname, carried by 2,077 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex J652

Jarnagin: #14,392 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Jarnagin #14,392, 2,077 people Jarnagin: #14,392 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Jarnagin #14,392, 2,077 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jarnagin is more common than 91.1% of them.

Origin

Variant of Jernigan.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,077 people named Jarnagin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 148,650 Americans. That is up 7.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,934.

#14,392
rank among US surnames
2,077
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+7.4%
change since 2000 (was #14,236)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#14,392Pelt2,077148,650
#14,398Hucks2,076148,721

Who is named Jarnagin

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

91% of people named Jarnagin identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 91%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 3.7%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
  • Two or more races 1.6%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Jarnagin

Jarnagin has the Soundex code J652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J652.

Questions

Where does the surname Jarnagin come from?
Variant of Jernigan.
How common is the surname Jarnagin?
2,077 people in the United States had the surname Jarnagin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,650 Americans. It ranked 14,392nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Jarnagin?
In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Jarnagin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Jarnagin getting more or less common?
More common. 1,934 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,077 in 2010, up 7.4%.