Last Name JENNINGS

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Meaning The son of John. Old French Jehan. Old English Jan. Diminutive Jan-in. Jan or Jehan left us Jan-et and Janson. Jan-in (through influence of later Jean) became Jenin, with excrescent 'g' Jennings, and with patronymic 's' Jennings.
The same as Jenkins.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish, Falkland, Belgian, South african

Rank 321 (2000 US census) 274 (1990 US census)
Count 87,038 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 73.38%, or 63868 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 22.36%, or 19462 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.54%, or 470 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.56%, or 487 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.62%, or 1410 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.53%, or 1332 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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