The Jenner surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,574 people carried this name — #12,108 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 114,900 people counted. That is up 4% from 2,467 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 117 people named Jenner.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
38 people named Jenner live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
51 people named Jenner is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Jenner in American newspapers,
1899–1918.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 26,764 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Jenner,
with a public archive behind them.
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David Jenner d. 1693 · Anglican priest
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Elizabeth Anne Jenner d. 1928
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Anne Jenner d. 1847
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Henrietta Juliana Morris d. 1871
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Margaret Jenner d. 1741
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Sir Thomas Jenner d. 1707
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Jenner.
- Jehl 232 · U.S. census
- Jehle 564 · U.S. census
- Jelen 597 · U.S. census
- Jenkins 222,653 · U.S. census
- Jenn 223 · U.S. census
- Jenne 1,311 · U.S. census
- Jenni 174 · U.S. census
- Jenny 1,432 · U.S. census
- Jensen 115,679 · U.S. census
- Jeremie 208 · U.S. census
- Jerez 4,074 · U.S. census
- Jermann 138 · U.S. census
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