Jenkins Family History
- Jenkins Name Meaning
- English: patronymic from Jenkin. Jenkins is one of the most common names in England, especially southwestern England, but is also especially associated with Wales.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 6,588,256 Historical Documents with Jenkins on Ancestry
- 2,306,043 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 1,490,328 Census and Voter Lists
- 241,546 Military Records
- 139,017 Immigration Records
- 2,411,322 Member Trees
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Number of Jenkins families
 4,975 - 9,947  1,659 - 4,974 |
 1 - 1,658  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Jenkins families
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51 - 100 18 - 50 |
1 - 17 |
from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Jenkins census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the Canadian Passenger Lists
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from 1881 CA Census Data
Jenkins census records
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