How rare is the last name Shanks?

11,395 people in the United States have the last name Shanks, about 1 in 26,231. It ranks #3,075 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

SHANKS

#3,075

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,395
About
1 in 26,231
This common or more
52.9%
Who bears it

Of the 11,395 people with the last name Shanks, 74.1% reported their origin as White, 16.3% as Black and 4.4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Shanks

#3,073 Siddiqui · 11,405#3,074 Jacobo · 11,399#3,076 Vieira · 11,394#3,077 Lyman · 11,387

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,851 Shank · 12,319#70,358 Shanes · 300#87,312 Shanko · 229

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