Last Name ANKER

Summary/Contribute


Meaning An anchorite or hermit.
Origin English, Jewish, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Irish, Hungarian

Rank 19,865 (2000 US census) 18,833 (1990 US census)
Count 1,252 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 95.93%, or 1201 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • 1.04%, or 13 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.44%, or 18 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.04%, or 13 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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