How common is the surname Jinks?

2,665 people in the United States had the surname Jinks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,852 Americans. It ranked 11,753rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Jinks?

Dan Jinks, American film producer.

Where is the surname Jinks most common?

Wikidata records people named Jinks in the United States.

Is the surname Jinks getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,694 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,665 in 2010, down 1.1%.

The surname Jinks

A patronymic surname, carried by 2,665 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex J520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jinks is more common than 92.8% of them.

Origin

Variant of Jenks.

Jinks 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 2,665 people named Jinks in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 115,852 Americans. That is down 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,694.

#11,753

rank among US surnames

2,665

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-1.1%

change since 2000 (was #10,860)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,746	Zoller	2,667	115,765
#11,751	Bruckner	2,666	115,809
#11,753	Balog	2,665	115,852
#11,759	Frahm	2,664	115,895

Who is named Jinks

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

74% of people named Jinks identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Jinkss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dan Jinks
American film producer, born 2000

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Jinks

Jinks has the Soundex code J520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J520.

Questions

Where does the surname Jinks come from?: Variant of Jenks.
How common is the surname Jinks?: 2,665 people in the United States had the surname Jinks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,852 Americans. It ranked 11,753rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Jinks?: In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Jinks identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Jinks?: Dan Jinks, American film producer.
Where is the surname Jinks most common?: Wikidata records people named Jinks in the United States.
What type of surname is Jinks?: Jinks is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Jinks getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,694 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,665 in 2010, down 1.1%.