The surname Hankins
A patronymic surname, carried by 21,532 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex H525
Origin
From Hankin + the patronymic suffix -s.
Hankins is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 21,532 people named Hankins in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 14,339 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 21,138.
Who is named Hankins
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
75% of people named Hankins identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 75%
- Black (not Hispanic) 19%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
- Two or more races 2.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Variant spellings
- Hunkins
Hankins has the Soundex code H525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H525.
Questions
- Where does the surname Hankins come from?
- From Hankin + the patronymic suffix -s.
- How common is the surname Hankins?
- 21,532 people in the United States had the surname Hankins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,339 Americans. It ranked 1,675th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Hankins?
- In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Hankins identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
- What type of surname is Hankins?
- Hankins is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname Hankins getting more or less common?
- More common. 21,138 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 21,532 in 2010, up 1.9%.
- What are other spellings of Hankins?
- Hunkins.