How common is the last name Hanks?

16,648 people in the United States have the last name Hanks, about 1 in 17,954. It ranks #2,114 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

HANKS

#2,114

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
16,648
About
1 in 17,954
This common or more
48.4%
Who bears it

Of the 16,648 people with the last name Hanks, 80.5% reported their origin as White, 10% as Black and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Hanks

#2,112 Munson · 16,666#2,113 Luong · 16,649#2,115 Moseley · 16,633#2,116 Schuster · 16,614

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Hanks, most common first.

#3,940 Hanes · 8,745#7,556 Hans · 4,238#9,410 Hanke · 3,314#18,304 Hanus · 1,497#22,315 Hank · 1,183#32,755 Hanko · 751#57,050 Hanis · 386#62,198 Hanas · 348

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