Thanks Surname
Approximately 382 people bear this surname
Thanks Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 274 | 1:117,347 | 2,826 |
| Iran | 63 | 1:1,218,770 | 52,259 |
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 24 | 1:2,092,445 | 103,667 |
Thanks (1,330) may also be a first name.
Thanks Demographics
Average Male Thanks Height
177.8 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thankxs | 92 | 3 | / |
| Thaanks | 92 | 1 | / |
| Thankse | 92 | 1 | / |
| Tanks | 91 | 3 | / |
| Thangs | 83 | 6 | / |
| Tangks | 83 | 3 | / |
| Teanks | 83 | 2 | / |
| Tahnks | 83 | 1 | / |
| Thanchs | 77 | 0 | / |
| Tonks | 73 | 7,549 | / |
| Tangs | 73 | 42 | / |
| Tancs | 73 | 26 | / |
| Thanx | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thongs | 67 | 123 | / |
| Tangse | 67 | 22 | / |
| Theanx | 67 | 18 | / |
| Toncks | 67 | 11 | / |
| Tangås | 67 | 8 | / |
| Toinks | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tonkss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thongse | 62 | 1 | / |
| Thoings | 62 | 1 | / |
| Tõks | 60 | 19 | / |
| Thongshe | 57 | 3 | / |
| Tongs | 55 | 607 | / |
| Toncs | 55 | 11 | / |
| Táncs | 55 | 4 | / |
| Tomks | 55 | 4 | / |
| Taanx | 55 | 1 | / |
| Touchings | 53 | 42 | / |
| Tongse | 50 | 55 | / |
| Thomcs | 50 | 2 | / |
| Toings | 50 | 1 | / |
| Thomgs | 50 | 0 | / |
| Toungs | 50 | 0 | / |
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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 Thanks
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis