Thanks Surname

751,291st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 382 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Thanks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thanks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan2741:117,3472,826
Iran631:1,218,77052,259
Nigeria321:5,535,711139,404
Uganda101:3,903,92893,934
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States241:2,092,445103,667

Thanks (1,330) may also be a first name.

Thanks Last Name Facts

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

Thanks is found most in Afghanistan. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Thanks? popularity and diffusion

The last name Thanks is the 751,291st most commonly held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 19,077,345 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 88 percent of Thanks reside; 88 percent reside in South Asia and 88 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 215,408th most frequent given name worldwide, held by 1,330 people.

Thanks is most common in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 274 people, or 1 in 117,347. In Afghanistan Thanks is most frequent in: Badakhshan, where 29 percent reside, Kabul, where 24 percent reside and Laghman, where 15 percent reside. Apart from Afghanistan it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 16 percent reside and Nigeria, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thankxs923/
Thaanks921/
Thankse921/
Tanks913/
Thangs836/
Tangks833/
Teanks832/
Tahnks831/
Thanchs770/
Tonks737,549/
Tangs7342/
Tancs7326/
Thanx731/
Thongs67123/
Tangse6722/
Theanx6718/
Toncks6711/
Tangås678/
Toinks673/
Tonkss671/
Thongse621/
Thoings621/
Tõks6019/
Thongshe573/
Tongs55607/
Toncs5511/
Táncs554/
Tomks554/
Taanx551/
Touchings5342/
Tongse5055/
Thomcs502/
Toings501/
Thomgs500/
Toungs500/

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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 Thanks
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