Jenné

surname · Latin script

Jenné is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: from a reduced form of the personal name Johannes (see John).

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 72K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 254K
  • LBLebanon≈1 in 176K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

1,311 people, 2010

Record sources
235 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 72K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Jenne in US United States, DE Germany, GB United Kingdom and 4 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

(measured from records)

from a reduced form of the personal name Johannes (see John).

Cited for this meaning 2

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Jenné counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Jenné is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States1,3111 in 254K1.4KJenne235
DE Germany≈1,100 est.≈1 in 72K—Jenne77
IN India6111 in 2.2M611Jenne21
GB United Kingdom≈220 est.≈1 in 300K—Jenne51
CA Canada≈210 est.≈1 in 179K—Jenne52
CH Switzerland451 in 187K45Jenne6
LB Lebanon≈31 est.≈1 in 176K—Jenne1

1,311 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Jenné is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Canada, Belgium

    Also written Jenne

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Jenne

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Jenne, Jénne

  • Swahili surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Canada

    Also written Jenne

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Jenne

  • Arabic surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Jordan, Egypt

    Also written Jenne

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence

(measured from records)

1 register or reference work attests this spelling, across 0 countries.

Reference works 1

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Jenné mean, and where does it come from?
from a reduced form of the personal name Johannes (see John). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
In which country does Jenné have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 1.3 thousand people named Jenné, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jenne.
How common is the name Jenné?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,311 people named Jenné in 2010, about 1 in 254 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jenné”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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