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    The surname Jernigan

    A surname, carried by 15,889 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex J652

    Jernigan: #2,294 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Jernigan #2,294, 15,889 people Jernigan: #2,294 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Jernigan #2,294, 15,889 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jernigan is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 15,889 people named Jernigan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,431 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,298.

    #2,294
    rank among US surnames
    15,889
    people in 2010
    5.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.9%
    change since 2000 (was #2,182)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,285Rowell15,95219,355
    #2,286Coats15,94319,366
    #2,287Yoon15,93619,374
    #2,288Mast15,93219,379
    #2,289Espinal15,92419,389
    #2,290Ibrahim15,91519,400
    #2,291Dietrich15,90419,413

    Who is named Jernigan

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

    76% of people named Jernigan identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 76%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 19%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Jernigans

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Tamara E. Jernigan
      Astronaut, born 1959
    • Anna Jay
      American professional wrestler (born 1998)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Jernigan

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Jernigan?
    15,889 people in the United States had the surname Jernigan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,431 Americans. It ranked 2,294th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Jernigan?
    In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Jernigan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Jernigan?
    Tamara E. Jernigan, astronaut, followed by Anna Jay.
    Where is the surname Jernigan most common?
    Wikidata records people named Jernigan in the United States.
    Is the surname Jernigan getting more or less common?
    More common. 15,298 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,889 in 2010, up 3.9%.
    What are other spellings of Jernigan?
    Jarnagin.