Jenkey Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Jenkey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Jenkey (42) may also be a first name.
Jenkey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jenkey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jenkey is found most frequently in Malaysia. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jenkey? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,427,875th most widespread last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 70 percent of Jenkey live; 70 percent live in Southeast Asia and 70 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,566,439th most common forename on earth. It is borne by 42 people.
The last name Jenkey is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 2,106,730. In Malaysia it is most common in: Sarawak, where 93 percent live and Penang, where 7 percent live. Besides Malaysia Jenkey is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent live and Denmark, where 5 percent live.
Jenkey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Jenkey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Jenkey last name declined 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Jenkey
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