Tankersley Surname

61,248th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,210 people bear this surname

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

Tankersley Surname User-submission:

The Tankersley surname derives from a location, meaning 'at Tankersley', a place in Yorkshire. From an Old English word, which means 'Tancred's clearing'.

Tankersley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8,1331:44,5665,461
New Zealand451:100,62913,472
Ecuador81:1,988,23121,385
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:1,523,46151,234
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4721:106,39610,676

Tankersley (17) may also be a first name.

Tankersley Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Tankersley surname derives from a location, meaning 'at Tankersley', a place in Yorkshire. From an Old English word, which means 'Tancred's clearing'.

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Tankersley Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tankersley is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Tankersley click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tankersley? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 61,248th most common last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 887,643 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Tankersley are found; 94 percent are found in North America and 94 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Tankersley is also the 2,694,839th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 17 people.

The last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 8,133 people, or 1 in 44,566. In The United States it is primarily found in: Texas, where 16 percent reside, Georgia, where 11 percent reside and Tennessee, where 8 percent reside. Excluding The United States this last name exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 1 percent reside and Ecuador, where 0 percent reside.

Tankersley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Tankersley has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Tankersley surname expanded 1,723 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Tankersley Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Tankersley last name are 21.73% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 68.5% registered to vote for the party.

Tankersley earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.45% less than the national average, earning $40,798 USD per year.

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Tankersley Reference & Research

Tankersley/Tankesley FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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