Last Name SHANK

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Not available

Origin	Irish, South african

Rank	2,539 (2000 US census)	3,195 (1990 US census)

Count	13,070 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

94.12%, or 12301 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
2.65%, or 346 total occurrences, as black,
0.48%, or 63 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.4%, or 52 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
0.99%, or 129 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.35%, or 176 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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Ukrainian middle names

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