How common is the surname Hankey?

1,492 people in the United States had the surname Hankey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 206,934 Americans. It ranked 18,507th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hankey?

Maurice Hankey, 1st Baron Hankey, British civil servant (1877-1963).

Where is the surname Hankey most common?

Wikidata records people named Hankey in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Is the surname Hankey getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,518 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,492 in 2010, down 1.7%.

The surname Hankey

A surname, carried by 1,492 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hankey is more common than 88.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,492 people named Hankey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 206,934 Americans. That is down 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,518.

#18,507

rank among US surnames

1,492

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-1.7%

change since 2000 (was #17,203)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,499	Bouknight	1,494	206,657
#18,502	Meidinger	1,493	206,795
#18,507	In	1,492	206,934
#18,511	Frain	1,491	207,073

Who is named Hankey

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

91% of people named Hankey identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.8%
Two or more races 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hankeys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Maurice Hankey, 1st Baron Hankey
British civil servant (1877-1963)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hankey

Hankey has the Soundex code H520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H520.

Questions

How common is the surname Hankey?: 1,492 people in the United States had the surname Hankey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 206,934 Americans. It ranked 18,507th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hankey?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Hankey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hankey?: Maurice Hankey, 1st Baron Hankey, British civil servant (1877-1963).
Where is the surname Hankey most common?: Wikidata records people named Hankey in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Hankey getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,518 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,492 in 2010, down 1.7%.