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
Sanks Political Affiliation
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Sanks Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanks Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sanks (Russian: Санкс) is found most in The United States. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Sanks click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanks? popularity and diffusion
Sanks is the 370,969th most numerous family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 7,528,457 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Sanks reside; 98 percent reside in North America and 98 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Sanks is also the 3,024,661st most prevalent first name on earth, held by 14 people.
Sanks is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 952 people, or 1 in 380,734. In The United States it is most frequent in: Georgia, where 20 percent reside, Alabama, where 13 percent reside and Florida, where 13 percent reside. Barring The United States this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 1 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.
Sanks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sanks has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sanks last name rose 591 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sanks Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sanks surname are 20.88% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 67.65% being 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
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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 Sanks
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