How rare is the last name Shank?

12,319 people in the United States have the last name Shank, about 1 in 24,263. It ranks #2,851 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

SHANK

#2,851

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,319
About
1 in 24,263
This common or more
52%
Who bears it

Of the 12,319 people with the last name Shank, 91.1% reported their origin as White, 3% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.8% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Shank

#2,849 Willett · 12,329#2,850 Godoy · 12,322#2,852 Zeng · 12,313#2,853 Burden · 12,308

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,075 Shanks · 11,395#9,401 Shenk · 3,318#14,354 Shang · 2,005#20,777 Shunk · 1,289#21,812 Shonk · 1,216#87,312 Shanko · 229#112,515 Shink · 166

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