How common is the surname Pankow?

1,401 people in the United States had the surname Pankow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 220,375 Americans. It ranked 19,321st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Pankow?

John Pankow, American actor (born 1954), followed by James Pankow.

Where is the surname Pankow most common?

Wikidata records people named Pankow in the United States.

Is the surname Pankow getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,410 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,401 in 2010, down 0.6%.

The surname Pankow

A German surname, carried by 1,401 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pankow is more common than 88.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Pankow.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,401 people named Pankow in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 220,375 Americans. That is down 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,410.

#19,321

rank among US surnames

1,401

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-0.6%

change since 2000 (was #18,196)

Who is named Pankow

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

96% of people named Pankow identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as two or more races and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Two or more races 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pankows

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Pankow
American actor (born 1954)
James Pankow
American musician, member of Chicago, born 1947

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pankow

Pankow has the Soundex code P520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P520.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Pankow come from?: Borrowed from German Pankow.
How common is the surname Pankow?: 1,401 people in the United States had the surname Pankow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 220,375 Americans. It ranked 19,321st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pankow?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Pankow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Pankow?: John Pankow, American actor (born 1954), followed by James Pankow.
Where is the surname Pankow most common?: Wikidata records people named Pankow in the United States.
Is the surname Pankow getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,410 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,401 in 2010, down 0.6%.