Last Name HANKS

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Meaning	The son of John. A corruption from Hankins. Also Hana or Hanke was an early Low Country pet-name for John. Introduced into English the patronymic would be Hanks. In either case the origin is practically the same. A nurse-name, or an abbreviation of John, the "s" being added for "son;" so "Sims," and " Gibbs," etc.

Origin	English, Irish, Samoan

Rank	1,928 (2000 US census)	1,983 (1990 US census)

Count	17,141 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

85.46%, or 14649 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
9.86%, or 1690 total occurrences, as black,
0.32%, or 55 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.36%, or 233 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.36%, or 233 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.65%, or 283 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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