Last Name JENNEY

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Meaning The son of John. Also, local, 'de Gyney,' or 'Gisnei,' or 'Gisney,' no doubt from Guisnes, new Calais. Later on, ans after the prefix was dropped, the orthography was changed to Jenney.
The son of John, from Old French Jean, diminutive Jenin. The feminine Jenny was probably not in use at this time. It is almost certain that it was a masculine form at first and a modification of Jenin, just as Colly was of Colin.
Origin English, Irish, Hungarian

Rank 25,221 (2000 US census) 14,585 (1990 US census)
Count 922 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 95.99%, or 885 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • 1.08%, or 10 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.19%, or 11 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.41%, or 13 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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