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    The surname Shank

    A surname, carried by 13,343 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S520

    Shank: #2,700 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Shank #2,700, 13,343 people Shank: #2,700 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shank #2,700, 13,343 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shank is more common than 98.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 13,343 people named Shank in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,139 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,070.

    #2,700
    rank among US surnames
    13,343
    people in 2010
    4.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.1%
    change since 2000 (was #2,539)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,691Bock13,38223,072
    #2,692Carrier13,37723,080
    #2,694William13,37323,087
    #2,695Asher13,37123,091
    #2,696Shell13,36923,094
    #2,697Layne13,36723,098
    #2,698Gilliland13,35123,125

    Who is named Shank

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

    92% of people named Shank identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Shanks

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Bud Shank
      American jazz saxophonist and flautist (1926–2009)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Shank

    Shank 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 Shank?
    13,343 people in the United States had the surname Shank in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,139 Americans. It ranked 2,700th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shank?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Shank identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Shank?
    Bud Shank, American jazz saxophonist and flautist (1926–2009).
    Where is the surname Shank most common?
    Wikidata records people named Shank in the United States.
    Is the surname Shank getting more or less common?
    More common. 13,070 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,343 in 2010, up 2.1%.