The surname Jenning
An English patronymic surname, carried by 741 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex J552
Origin
English origin
From Middle English [Term?], a diminutive of the male given name Jan, variant of John.
Jenning 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 741 people named Jenning in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 416,661 Americans. That is down 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 799.
Who is named Jenning
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
53% of people named Jenning identified as white (not Hispanic), 41% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 53%
- Black (not Hispanic) 41%
- Two or more races 2.6%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Jenning
Jenning has the Soundex code J552, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J552.
Other English surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Jenning come from?
- From Middle English [Term?], a diminutive of the male given name Jan, variant of John.
- How common is the surname Jenning?
- 741 people in the United States had the surname Jenning in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 416,661 Americans. It ranked 31,285th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Jenning?
- In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Jenning identified as white (not Hispanic), and 41% as Black (not Hispanic).
- What type of surname is Jenning?
- Jenning is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname Jenning getting more or less common?
- Less common. 799 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 741 in 2010, down 7.3%.