How common is the surname Hankinson?

2,142 people in the United States had the surname Hankinson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,139 Americans. It ranked 14,058th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hankinson?

Drew Hankinson, American professional wrestler, followed by Phil Hankinson.

Where is the surname Hankinson most common?

Wikidata records people named Hankinson in the United States.

Is the surname Hankinson getting more or less common?

More common. 1,974 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,142 in 2010, up 8.5%.

The surname Hankinson

A patronymic surname, carried by 2,142 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex H525

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hankinson is more common than 91.3% of them.

Origin

From Hankin or Hankins + -son.

Hankinson 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 2,142 people named Hankinson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 144,139 Americans. That is up 8.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,974.

#14,058

rank among US surnames

2,142

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+8.5%

change since 2000 (was #14,020)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,050	Tiner	2,143	144,072
#14,058	Stringfield	2,142	144,139
#14,062	Calhoon	2,141	144,206
#14,064	Frison	2,140	144,274
#14,067	Castiglione	2,139	144,341

Who is named Hankinson

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

88% of people named Hankinson identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hankinsons

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Drew Hankinson
American professional wrestler, born 1983
Phil Hankinson
American basketball player (1951–1996)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Hankinson

Hankinson 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 Hankinson come from?: From Hankin or Hankins + -son.
How common is the surname Hankinson?: 2,142 people in the United States had the surname Hankinson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,139 Americans. It ranked 14,058th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hankinson?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Hankinson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hankinson?: Drew Hankinson, American professional wrestler, followed by Phil Hankinson.
Where is the surname Hankinson most common?: Wikidata records people named Hankinson in the United States.
What type of surname is Hankinson?: Hankinson is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Hankinson getting more or less common?: More common. 1,974 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,142 in 2010, up 8.5%.