The surname Hankerson
A surname, carried by 2,561 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex H526
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,561 people named Hankerson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 120,557 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,134.
#12,170
rank among US surnames
2,561
people in 2010
0.9
per 100,000 Americans
+20%
change since 2000 (was #13,137)
Who is named Hankerson
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
85% of people named Hankerson identified as Black (not Hispanic), 8.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.
- Black (not Hispanic) 85%
- White (not Hispanic) 8.7%
- Two or more races 3.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Hankerson
Hankerson has the Soundex code H526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H526.
Questions
- How common is the surname Hankerson?
- 2,561 people in the United States had the surname Hankerson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,557 Americans. It ranked 12,170th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Hankerson?
- In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Hankerson identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 8.7% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Hankerson getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,134 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,561 in 2010, up 20%.