Hankerson Surname

173,355th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,479 people bear this surname

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

Hankerson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hankerson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,4691:146,80415,150
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England221:1,107,97142,566
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2631:190,94616,781

Hankerson Last Name Facts

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

Hankerson is most common in The United States. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hankerson? popularity and diffusion

The surname Hankerson is the 173,355th most frequently held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,939,712 people. The surname Hankerson is mostly found in The Americas, where 94 percent of Hankerson reside; 94 percent reside in North America and 94 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 2,469 people, or 1 in 146,804. In The United States Hankerson is mostly concentrated in: Florida, where 29 percent live, Georgia, where 11 percent live and Maryland, where 10 percent live. Outside of The United States this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 0 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.

Hankerson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Hankerson has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Hankerson surname rose 939 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Hankerson Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Hankerson surname are 4.56% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 57.79% registered to vote for the party.

Hankerson earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17.4% less than the national average, earning $35,641 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hankersonn952/
Khankerson951/
Hanckerson950/
Ankerson94348/
Ankersson8912/
Hankersen891/
Hankersom891/
Gankerson891/
Honkerson891/
Hankirson890/
Hankersan890/
Ankersen82822/
Ancerson822/
Anckersen7827/
Ancherson782/
Amkersen711/
Anchersen6734/

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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
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  • 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 Hankerson
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