Sanks Surname

370,969th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 968 people bear this surname

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

Sanks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sanks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9521:380,73433,628
Taiwan71:3,349,24920,155
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1611:311,91724,534

Sanks (14) may also be a first name.

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shanks9126,030/
Scanks9135/
Sancks910/
Schanks83187/
Shancks830/
Janks80630/
Sangs80133/
Zanks8043/
Sancs805/
Canks804/
Sonks804/
Schancks770/
Sanchs7353/
Shenks7328/
Shamks735/
Shangs734/
Sancsz733/
Sanggs732/
Jhanks732/
Jeanks731/
Sionks731/
Sonkse731/
Shancs731/
Cankcs731/
Jahnks731/
Sangse731/
Zannks731/
Saangs731/
Sangkz731/
Sanqus731/
Jancks730/
Soncks730/
Sanngs730/
Jainks730/
Shonks730/
Shaheenks711/
Shanksová711/
Chancks678/
Schonks676/
Sainekz671/
Shangse671/
Sankche671/
Shencks670/
Schamks670/

Sanks Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sanks in the Russian language
Санксsanks-

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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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