Dankins Surname

1,701,480th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 115 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Dankins Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dankins Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1111:3,265,396186,924
England31:18,572,686338,250
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
Wales31:522,80514,314
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States371:1,357,26274,323

Dankins Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dankins Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Dankins has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dankins? popularity and diffusion

The surname Dankins is the 1,701,480th most frequent last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 63,369,964 people. The surname Dankins is predominantly found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Dankins are found; 97 percent are found in North America and 97 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 111 people, or 1 in 3,265,396. In The United States Dankins is mostly concentrated in: Mississippi, where 28 percent reside, Maryland, where 14 percent reside and Georgia, where 10 percent reside. Not including The United States this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent reside and Georgia, where 1 percent reside.

Dankins Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Dankins has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dankins last name grew 300 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 73 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Dankins Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Dankins surname are 18.2% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 71.43% registered with the political party.

Dankins earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 29.48% less than the national average, earning $30,428 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dainkins936/
Deankins933/
Dankens8627/
Damkins8613/
Donkins866/
Dankims861/
Donckins802/
Doonkins801/
Deinekins751/
Domkins713/
Donkens710/
Deynkens671/
Deynckens635/
Deijnckens596/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dankins
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