Last Name JENKINS

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Meaning	The son of John, from diminutive Jenkin. The 'g' in Jenking is excrescent, a in Jennings. The tendency as first was to Jonkin, but the influence of the North French Jenin was too strong. From Jenks or John, and the patronymic termination 'ings,' belonging to, or son of John.

Origin	English, Jewish, Polish, Native American, Irish, Falkland

Rank	95 (2000 US census)	83 (1990 US census)

Count	213,737 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

60.12%, or 128499 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
35.97%, or 76881 total occurrences, as black,
0.33%, or 705 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.55%, or 1176 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.69%, or 3612 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.34%, or 2864 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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