Jenkerson Surname

698,433rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 422 people bear this surname

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

Jenkerson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jenkerson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3201:1,132,68481,515
South Africa521:1,041,87963,251
England351:1,591,94567,242
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England201:1,218,76844,985
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Jenkerson Last Name Facts

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

The last name Jenkerson occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Jenkerson? popularity and diffusion

It is the 698,433rd most widely held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 17,269,066 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 79 percent of Jenkerson live; 79 percent live in North America and 79 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Jenkerson is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 320 people, or 1 in 1,132,684. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Missouri, where 49 percent live, New Hampshire, where 9 percent live and Oregon, where 6 percent live. Other than The United States this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 12 percent live and England, where 8 percent live.

Jenkerson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Jenkerson has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Jenkerson last name increased 1,882 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 175 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Jenkerson Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Jenkerson last name are 6.26% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 53.03% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Jenkerson earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 3.63% more than the national average, earning R 246,276 per year; in United States they earn 7.65% more than the national average, earning $46,450 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.77% more than the national average, earning $51,058 CAD 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 Jenkerson
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