The DANKS surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	1,412	18177	0.001	5
United States (1880 census)	381	11935	0.001	8
Change since 1880	+1031	-6242	0	-3
Other Countries
Australia	215	7031	0.001	13
United Kingdom	1,886	3107	0.004	41

Top States for DANKS by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Michigan	150	7969	0.002	15
Pennsylvania	97	14414	0.001	8
Minnesota	89	8171	0.002	18
California	83	25873	0.000	2
Florida	75	20878	0.000	5
Top States for DANKS by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
North Dakota	75	1081	0.012	117
Minnesota	89	8171	0.002	18
Michigan	150	7969	0.002	15
Delaware	10	12033	0.001	13
Kentucky	50	7022	0.001	12

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called DANKS live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called DANKS represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called DANKS in Michigan than any other state, but you are more likely to find a DANKS by picking someone at random in North Dakota than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of DANKS

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From name of parent

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the DANKS surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the DANKS surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of DANKS in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Native American/Alaskan	68	4.82
Black/African American	32	2.27
White (Hispanic)	19	1.35
White (Caucasian)	1,274	90.23
Asian/Pacific	Less than 100	Insignificant
Mixed Race	Less than 100	Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the DANKS surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to DANKS

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as DANKS.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.