Last name: JENKIN

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JENKIN : This last name is indexed 69,890 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

JENKIN : English: from the Middle English personal names Jankin Jenkin and Jonkin pet forms of Jan Jen and Jon + the hypocoristic suffix -kin. In Middle English names in -kin were often used to name the younger of two family members with the same personal name.

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