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    The surname Sankey

    A surname, carried by 3,584 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S520

    Sankey: #9,114 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sankey #9,114, 3,584 people Sankey: #9,114 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sankey #9,114, 3,584 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sankey is more common than 94.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,584 people named Sankey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,146 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,258.

    #9,114
    rank among US surnames
    3,584
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10%
    change since 2000 (was #9,209)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,108Wiest3,58886,049
    #9,112Springfield3,58686,097
    #9,113Vanhoose3,58586,121
    #9,114Sankey3,58486,146
    #9,117Privett3,58386,170
    #9,118Berard3,58286,194
    #9,119Beene3,58186,218

    Who is named Sankey

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

    65% of people named Sankey identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 65%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 29%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Sankeys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ira D. Sankey
      American gospel singer and composer (1840-1908)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sankey

    Sankey has the Soundex code S520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Sankey?
    3,584 people in the United States had the surname Sankey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,146 Americans. It ranked 9,114th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sankey?
    In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Sankey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Sankey?
    Ira D. Sankey, American gospel singer and composer (1840-1908).
    Where is the surname Sankey most common?
    Wikidata records people named Sankey in the United States.
    Is the surname Sankey getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,258 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,584 in 2010, up 10%.