Jenston Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Jenston Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jenston Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania721:735,30041,343
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Jenston (32) may also be a first name.

Jenston Last Name Facts

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

Jenston is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jenston? popularity and diffusion

The surname Jenston is the 2,220,661st most commonly used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 99,829,396 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Jenston live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Jenston is also the 1,840,253rd most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 32 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 72 people, or 1 in 735,300. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Mbeya Region, where 89 percent live, Dodoma Region, where 6 percent live and Katavi Region, where 6 percent live. Barring Tanzania it exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live.

Jenston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Jenston has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Jenston last name contracted 92 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Jenston
  • 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