Jencks Surname

403,615th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 869 people bear this surname

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

Jencks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jencks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8581:422,44636,582
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
England11:55,718,059489,080
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3401:147,70213,751

Jencks Last Name Facts

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

The last name Jencks is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Jencks? popularity and diffusion

It is the 403,615th most widely held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,386,129 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Jencks live; 94 percent live in North America and 94 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Jencks is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 858 people, or 1 in 422,446. In The United States Jencks is mostly found in: Rhode Island, where 13 percent live, California, where 12 percent live and Florida, where 7 percent live. Apart from The United States Jencks occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 0 percent live and Argentina, where 0 percent live.

Jencks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Jencks has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Jencks surname rose 252 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Jencks Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Jencks last name are 4.39% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 51.16% registered with the party.

Jencks earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.98% more than the national average, earning $48,319 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jenks9112,791/
Jencs9140/
Encks911/
Jincks8398/
Gencks836/
Jeanks831/
Jenncs830/
Jenchs830/
Jennks830/
Enks8028/
Jnks804/
Jinks736,611/
Gencs7320/
Senks733/
Yenks733/
Genks732/
Jemks732/
Sencs731/
Jengs731/
Zenks731/
Ienks730/
Jynks730/
Jinkss678/
Jenngs673/
Jysnks671/
Yenchs671/
Jingks671/
Zincks670/
Jainks670/
Jengst670/

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Jencks Reference & Research

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Jenks & Jinks FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Jencks
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis