English (also found in Wales): patronymic from the Middle English
personal name Jenk, a back-formation from Jenkin with
the removal of the supposed Anglo-Norman French diminutive suffix
-in.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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