How common is the surname Jennings?

89,700 people in the United States had the surname Jennings in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,442 Americans. It ranked 347th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Jennings?

Waylon Jennings, American country musician (1937–2002), followed by Brandon Jennings.

Where is the surname Jennings most common?

Wikidata records people named Jennings in the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany and 2 other countries.

How do you pronounce Jennings?

Jennings is /ˈd͡ʒɛnɪŋz/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Jennings getting more or less common?

More common. 87,038 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 89,700 in 2010, up 3.1%.

Is Jennings also a first name?

Yes. Jennings 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 Jennings

A patronymic surname, carried by 89,700 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɛnɪŋz/ 2 syllables Soundex J552 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). Jennings is more common than 99.8% of them.

Origin

From Jenning + -s.

Jennings is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 89,700 people named Jennings in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 3,442 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 87,038.

#347

rank among US surnames

89,700

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #321)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#338	Leonard	91,475	3,375
#339	Gregory	91,384	3,379
#340	Carrillo	91,129	3,388
#341	Sutton	90,964	3,394
#342	Fleming	90,677	3,405
#343	Rhodes	90,670	3,405
#344	Shelton	90,517	3,411

Who is named Jennings

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

71% of people named Jennings identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 71%
Black (not Hispanic) 23%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Jenningss

30 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Waylon Jennings
American country musician (1937–2002)
Brandon Jennings
American basketball player (born 1989)
Alex Jennings
British actor, born 1957
Jazz Jennings
American transgender Internet personality, born 2000
Claudia Jennings
American actress and model (1949-1979)
Gary Jennings
American novelist (1928–1999)
Will Jennings
American songwriter (1944–2024)
Terrence Jennings
American taekwondo practitioner, born 1986
Ken Jennings
American game show contestant, host, and writer, born 1974
Lynn Jennings
American long-distance runner, born 1960
Edward Jennings
American coxswain, 1898–1975
Shyla Jennings
American pornographic actress, born 1989

Notable Jenningss come mostly from the United States (25), the United Kingdom (2) and Germany (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Jennings

Jenning

Jennings has the Soundex code J552, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J552.

Questions

Where does the surname Jennings come from?: From Jenning + -s.
How common is the surname Jennings?: 89,700 people in the United States had the surname Jennings in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,442 Americans. It ranked 347th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Jennings?: In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Jennings identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Jennings?: Waylon Jennings, American country musician (1937–2002), followed by Brandon Jennings.
Where is the surname Jennings most common?: Wikidata records people named Jennings in the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany and 2 other countries.
How do you pronounce Jennings?: Jennings is /ˈd͡ʒɛnɪŋz/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Jennings?: Jennings is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Jennings getting more or less common?: More common. 87,038 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 89,700 in 2010, up 3.1%.
Is Jennings also a first name?: Yes. Jennings 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.