Jenks Family History
Jenks Name Meaning
English (also found in Wales): patronymic from the Middle English
personal name Jenk, a back-formation from Jenkin with
the removal of the supposed Anglo-Norman French diminutive suffix
-in.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Jenks Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Jenks families
 108 - 214  37 - 107 |
 1 - 36  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Jenks families
|
119 - 235 40 - 118 |
1 - 39 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Jenks families
|
3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Jenks Family Origin
Jenks Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Jenks
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Jenks Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Jenks census records
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Jenks Civil War Service Records
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