How common is the surname Jennette?

1,844 people in the United States had the surname Jennette in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 167,433 Americans. It ranked 15,792nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Jennette getting more or less common?

More common. 1,643 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,844 in 2010, up 12%.

Is Jennette also a first name?

Yes. Jennette is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Jennette

A surname, carried by 1,844 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex J530 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jennette is more common than 90.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,844 people named Jennette in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 167,433 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,643.

#15,792

rank among US surnames

1,844

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+12.2%

change since 2000 (was #16,176)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,784	Sood	1,846	167,251
#15,788	Vandoren	1,845	167,342
#15,792	Waddy	1,844	167,433
#15,800	Harton	1,843	167,523

Who is named Jennette

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

74% of people named Jennette identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 74%
Black (not Hispanic) 21%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Jennette

Jennette has the Soundex code J530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J530.

Questions

How common is the surname Jennette?: 1,844 people in the United States had the surname Jennette in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 167,433 Americans. It ranked 15,792nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Jennette?: In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Jennette identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Jennette getting more or less common?: More common. 1,643 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,844 in 2010, up 12%.
Is Jennette also a first name?: Yes. Jennette is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.