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    The surname Shanks

    A surname, carried by 11,822 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S520

    Shanks: #3,031 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Shanks #3,031, 11,822 people Shanks: #3,031 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shanks #3,031, 11,822 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shanks is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,822 people named Shanks in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,116 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,436.

    #3,031
    rank among US surnames
    11,822
    people in 2010
    4.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.4%
    change since 2000 (was #2,881)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,022Allan11,86726,017
    #3,023Beauchamp11,86526,022
    #3,024Viera11,86126,030
    #3,025Moffett11,85326,048
    #3,026Stuckey11,84626,063
    #3,027Brumfield11,84226,072
    #3,028Lankford11,83426,090

    Who is named Shanks

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

    78% of people named Shanks identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 78%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Shankss

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Don Shanks
      American stuntman, born 1950
    • John Shanks
      American songwriter and record producer, born 1961
    • Daniel Shanks
      American mathematician (1917–1996)
    • Hershel Shanks
      American archaeologist (1930–2021)
    • Michael Shanks
      British archaeologist, born 1959

    Notable Shankss come mostly from the United States (4) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Shanks

    Shanks 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 Shanks?
    11,822 people in the United States had the surname Shanks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,116 Americans. It ranked 3,031st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shanks?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Shanks identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Shanks?
    Don Shanks, American stuntman, followed by John Shanks.
    Where is the surname Shanks most common?
    Wikidata records people named Shanks in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Shanks getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,436 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,822 in 2010, up 3.4%.