The Jenny surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,432 people carried this name — #19,019 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 204,100 people counted. That is down 1% from 1,453 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
2,106 people named Jenny live in Switzerland.
They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 535 people named Jenny.
27 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 48 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Jenny,
with a public archive behind them.
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Annie Jenny d. 1904
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Heinrich Jenny 1490–1555
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Balthasar Jenny 1614–1697
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Miss Jenny 1701– · spy
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Johann Rudolf Jenny 1724–1790
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Daniel Jenny 1751–1834 · entrepreneur
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Jenny.
- Jelen 597 · U.S. census
- Jenkins 222,653 · U.S. census
- Jenn 223 · U.S. census
- Jenne 1,311 · U.S. census
- Jenner 2,574 · U.S. census
- Jenni 174 · 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
- Jerome 9,131 · U.S. census
- Jeronimo 2,641 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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