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Jenkins occurs as surname that originated in England, but come to exist as popular around southern Wales. A title "Jenkin" originally intended "little John" or even "son of John". A "kin" part is of Flemish originside, which then gained the certain popularity in England. Late a s was added to mean the boy of a Jenkin.
People
Leading light humans whose last name is or even was Jenkins include
Jenkins, Brian (born 1942), British politician
Jenkins, Charles Francis (1867-1934), U.S. cinema & television pioneer
Jenkins, Charles Lamont (born 1934), U.S. athlete
Jenkins, Charles Robert (born 1940), U.S. soldier
Jenkins, David Edward (born 1925), Bishop of Durham
Jenkins, Ferguson (born 1943), agent baseball player
Jenkins, Florence Foster (1868-1944), U.S. "soprano" known for her extraordinary bravery in stage
Jenkins, Gordon (1910-1984), U.S. musician
Jenkins, Graeme, British conductor
Jenkins, Harold (aka Conway Twitty) (1933-1993), U.S. rock & roll & united states music singer
Jenkins, Henry Alfred (born 1952), Australian politician
Jenkins, John (1592-1678), English composer
Jenkins, John, 17th century Governor of North Carolina
Jenkins, Karl (born 1944), Welsh musician and composer
Jenkins, Keith English postmodern historian
Jenkins, Leoline (1625-1685), Welsh lawyer & diplomat
Jenkins, Leroy (born 1932), U.S. composer & loose jazz violinist
Jenkins, Lew (1916-1981), U.S. boxer
Jenkins, Louise, (1888–1970), U.S. astronomer
Jenkins, Michael, president of the Unification Church of America
Jenkins, Neil (born 1971), Welsh rugger union footballer
Jenkins, Pamela, witness in the Mumia Abu-Jamal case
Jenkins, Robert (died 1745), English mariner (War of Jenkins' Ear)
Jenkins, Roy (1920-2003), British politician
Jenkins, Stephan (born 1964), rock singer
Jenkins, Thortan A. (1811-1893), U.S. Tail Admiral
Jenkins, Tim (born 1959), Real title of Ziggy a Bagman
Jenkins, Walter (1918-1985), top aide to Lyndon B. Johnson
Jenkins, William Fitzgerald (writing as Murray Leinster) (1896-1975), U.S. science fiction author
Jenkins, William L. (born 1936), U.S. politician
Fictional characters
Jenkins, Anya (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Places
Jenkins is the title of the total of stores in the United States:
Jenkins, Kentucky
Jenkins, Minnesota
Jenkins County, Georgia
Jenkins Township, Minnesota
Jenkins Township, Pennsylvania
There exists likewise the Jenkins crater on the Moon.
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Other uses
The War of Jenkins' Ear was a compound war between Britain & Spain.
The Jenkins Commission made a survey of the election laws within Britain.
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