Sanks Surname
Approximately 968 people bear this surname
Sanks Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 952 | 1:380,734 | 33,628 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 161 | 1:311,917 | 24,534 |
Sanks (14) may also be a first name.
Sanks Demographics
Average Male Sanks Height
176.58 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Sanks Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanks Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sanks (Russian: Санкс) occurs most in The United States. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanks? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 370,969th most prevalent family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 7,528,457 people. The surname Sanks occurs mostly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Sanks reside; 98 percent reside in North America and 98 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 14 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 952 people, or 1 in 380,734. In The United States Sanks is most frequent in: Georgia, where 20 percent reside, Alabama, where 13 percent reside and Florida, where 13 percent reside. Aside from The United States this surname is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 1 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.
Sanks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sanks has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Sanks last name increased 591 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sanks Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Sanks are 20.88% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 67.65% registered with the political party.
Sanks earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.51% less than the national average, earning $40,340 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanks | 91 | 26,030 | / |
| Scanks | 91 | 35 | / |
| Sancks | 91 | 0 | / |
| Schanks | 83 | 187 | / |
| Shancks | 83 | 0 | / |
| Janks | 80 | 630 | / |
| Sangs | 80 | 133 | / |
| Zanks | 80 | 43 | / |
| Sancs | 80 | 5 | / |
| Canks | 80 | 4 | / |
| Sonks | 80 | 4 | / |
| Schancks | 77 | 0 | / |
| Sanchs | 73 | 53 | / |
| Shenks | 73 | 28 | / |
| Shamks | 73 | 5 | / |
| Shangs | 73 | 4 | / |
| Sancsz | 73 | 3 | / |
| Sanggs | 73 | 2 | / |
| Jhanks | 73 | 2 | / |
| Jeanks | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sionks | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sonkse | 73 | 1 | / |
| Shancs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cankcs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jahnks | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sangse | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zannks | 73 | 1 | / |
| Saangs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sangkz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sanqus | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jancks | 73 | 0 | / |
| Soncks | 73 | 0 | / |
| Sanngs | 73 | 0 | / |
| Jainks | 73 | 0 | / |
| Shonks | 73 | 0 | / |
| Shaheenks | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shanksová | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chancks | 67 | 8 | / |
| Schonks | 67 | 6 | / |
| Sainekz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shangse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sankche | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shencks | 67 | 0 | / |
| Schamks | 67 | 0 | / |
Sanks Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sanks in the Russian language | ||
| Санкс | sanks | - |
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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 Sanks
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