The surname Jennett
An English patronymic surname, carried by 719 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex J530
Origin
English origin
From Middle English [Term?], a diminutive of the male given name Jan, variant of John.
Jennett is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 719 people named Jennett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 429,410 Americans. That is down 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 827.
Who is named Jennett
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
78% of people named Jennett identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 78%
- Black (not Hispanic) 15%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
- Two or more races 2.2%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Jennett has the Soundex code J530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J530.
Other English surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Jennett come from?
- From Middle English [Term?], a diminutive of the male given name Jan, variant of John.
- How common is the surname Jennett?
- 719 people in the United States had the surname Jennett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 429,410 Americans. It ranked 32,079th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Jennett?
- In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Jennett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
- What type of surname is Jennett?
- Jennett is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname Jennett getting more or less common?
- Less common. 827 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 719 in 2010, down 13%.