Jarnigan Surname

401,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 875 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Jarnigan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jarnigan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8721:415,66436,087
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1131:444,41332,195

Jarnigan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Jarnigan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Jarnigan is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jarnigan? popularity and diffusion

Jarnigan is the 401,442nd most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,328,624 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Jarnigan are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 872 people, or 1 in 415,664. In The United States Jarnigan is mostly concentrated in: Tennessee, where 61 percent reside, Alabama, where 7 percent reside and Ohio, where 5 percent reside. Besides The United States this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The Dominican Republic, where 0 percent reside and Mexico, where 0 percent reside.

Jarnigan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Jarnigan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Jarnigan surname grew 772 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Jarnigan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Jarnigan last name are 33.53% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 80.3% registered to vote for the political party.

Jarnigan earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 14.45% less than the national average, earning $36,912 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Jarnigan
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