Last Name DANKS

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Meaning The son of Daniel, from nickname Dan, and diminutive Dan-kins. Dankins has fared like every other surname with suffix '-kins' - in process of time it has got reduced to '-kys' and '-ks.'
Origin English, Irish, Belgian

Rank 18,177 (2000 US census) 26,674 (1990 US census)
Count 1,412 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 90.23%, or 1274 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 2.27%, or 32 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 4.82%, or 68 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • 1.35%, or 19 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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