Last Name JERNEGAN

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Meaning The son of Gernegan. The second 'n' is excrescent. Similar on how Pottinger and Messinger relate to Potager and Messager. In some documents bearing the seal of Queen Elizabeth (1572), concerning the town of Yarmouth, Sir Henry Jerningham, knight, is set down as 'Sir Henry Jernegam' no less than three times. That Jerneganwas anciently a Christian name. In 1195, there was a fine levied of lands in Edricheston, in Warwickshire, between Reginald de Claverdon and Gernagan his brother, and about this time it was a commonname in France, as we find fromm Lobineau, in his History of Britain, where Jernegon de Pontchasteau and some others of the name are mentioned.
Origin English

Rank 102,691 (2000 US census)
Count 162 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 97.53%, or 158 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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Ukrainian middle names

 Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

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