Last Name HANCOX

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	The son of John, from Han and suffix '-cock.' 'Han' is Dutch imported.

Origin	English, Jewish, Irish

Rank	30,582 (2000 US census)	35,649 (1990 US census)

Count	720 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

77.5%, or 558 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
15.69%, or 113 total occurrences, as black,
1.39%, or 10 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.83%, or 6 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.64%, or 19 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.94%, or 14 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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