Jenkyns Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 1
Essex 11
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 3
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 5
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 2
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 1
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Jenkyns Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Jenkyns family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 4
Female Servant 3
Independent 2
Independant 2
Farmer 1
Grocer 1
Pupil 1
Military Officer 1
Schoolmistress 1
Teacher Of Music 1
Master 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Jenkyns

Name Census Frequency
John Jenkyns 32
William Jenkyns 29
Mary Jenkyns 24
Elizabeth Jenkyns 16
James Jenkyns 14
Edith Jenkyns 12
Thomas Jenkyns 12
George Jenkyns 10
Henry Jenkyns 8
Ann Jenkyns 7
Edward Jenkyns 7
Ellen Jenkyns 7
Sarah Jenkyns 7
Richard Jenkyns 6
Florence Jenkyns 5
Charles Jenkyns 4
Doris Jenkyns 4
Emily Jenkyns 4
Frances Jenkyns 4
Gertrude Jenkyns 4
Margaret Jenkyns 4
Olga Jenkyns 4
Rosa Jenkyns 4
Anne Jenkyns 3
Arthur Jenkyns 3

Jenkyns Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Genkins 71% 652
2 Jenkyns 100% 399

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The surname Jenkyns is the 2nd most popular variant of Genkins.

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