Jernigan Family History
Jernigan Name Meaning
English (Suffolk): variant spelling of English Jernegan,
which is of uncertain derivation. Reaney believes it to be of Breton
origin, probably identical with the Old Breton personal name
Iarnuuocon ‘iron famous’, taken to East Anglia by Bretons at
the time of the Norman Conquest.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Jernigan Families
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Number of Jernigan families
 97 - 192  33 - 96 |
 1 - 32  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Jernigan Family Origin
Jernigan Immigration Information
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Jernigan Family Occupations
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