# Jinks (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/jinks/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname originating as a patronymic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,665 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,753 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 115,852 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.1% (2,694 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Jenks.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Jinks in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 74% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 22% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Jinks in the United States.

## People named Jinks

- Dan Jinks, American film producer

## Similar surnames

Jenks, Joines, Jing, Jines, Jones, James, Johns, Jung, Jiang, Jaimes, Jonas, Jang.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.