How common is the surname Danks?

1,465 people in the United States had the surname Danks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 210,748 Americans. It ranked 18,734th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Danks?

In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Danks identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Is the surname Danks getting more or less common?

More common. 1,412 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,465 in 2010, up 3.8%.

The surname Danks

A surname, carried by 1,465 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex D520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Danks is more common than 88.5% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,465 people named Danks in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 210,748 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,412.

#18,734

rank among US surnames

1,465

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3.8%

change since 2000 (was #18,177)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,729	Woodmansee	1,466	210,604
#18,734	Danks	1,465	210,748

Who is named Danks

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

88% of people named Danks identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
American Indian and Alaska Native 4.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
Two or more races 2.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Danks

Danks has the Soundex code D520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D520.

Questions

How common is the surname Danks?: 1,465 people in the United States had the surname Danks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 210,748 Americans. It ranked 18,734th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Danks?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Danks identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Is the surname Danks getting more or less common?: More common. 1,412 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,465 in 2010, up 3.8%.