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The JERNIGAN surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 15,298 2182 0.006 57
United States (1880 census) 1,346 4219 0.003 27
Change since 1880 +13952 +2037 +0.003 +30
Other Countries
Australia 0 0
United Kingdom 5 32485 0 0
Top States for JERNIGAN by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
North Carolina 2,176 542 0.027 270
Florida 1,704 1242 0.011 107
Texas 1,621 1560 0.008 78
Tennessee 1,258 724 0.022 221
Alabama 1,254 617 0.028 282
Top States for JERNIGAN by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Alabama 1,254 617 0.028 282
North Carolina 2,176 542 0.027 270
Tennessee 1,258 724 0.022 221
Mississippi 528 864 0.019 186
South Carolina 532 1285 0.013 133

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

Classification and Origin of JERNIGAN

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Ireland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the JERNIGAN 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 JERNIGAN 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 JERNIGAN in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 202 1.32
White (Hispanic) 196 1.28
Native American/Alaskan 106 0.69
Asian/Pacific 50 0.33
White (Caucasian) 12,001 78.45
Black/African American 2,744 17.94

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

Meaning of JERNIGAN in historical publications

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

Similar names to JERNIGAN

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as JERNIGAN.

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 JERNIGAN

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