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The JINKS surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 2,694 10860 0.001 10
United States (1880 census) 638 7930 0.001 13
Change since 1880 +2056 -2930 0 -3
Other Countries
Australia 203 7434 0.001 12
United Kingdom 1,787 3235 0.004 39
Top States for JINKS by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Georgia 344 2901 0.004 42
Louisiana 270 2363 0.006 60
Texas 243 8033 0.001 12
Florida 194 10054 0.001 12
Tennessee 171 4306 0.003 30
Top States for JINKS by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Louisiana 270 2363 0.006 60
Georgia 344 2901 0.004 42
Tennessee 171 4306 0.003 30
Alabama 103 4917 0.002 23
Oklahoma 65 6669 0.002 19

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called JINKS live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called JINKS represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called JINKS in Georgia than any other state, but you are more likely to find a JINKS by picking someone at random in Louisiana than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of JINKS

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From name of parent

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the JINKS surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the JINKS surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of JINKS in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 562 20.86
Mixed Race 38 1.41
Native American/Alaskan 24 0.89
White (Hispanic) 22 0.82
Asian/Pacific 8 0.3
White (Caucasian) 2,040 75.72

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the JINKS surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of JINKS in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of JINKS.

Similar names to JINKS

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as JINKS.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for JINKS

The following words are slight variants of JINKS that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.