Anker is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Anker
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Germany
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Anker

How popular is Anker?

Anker is common in Germany.

Anker is ranked 53791 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Ankers grew by 25.95847 per cent to 1577 since 2000 and ranked 17764 after elevating 2101 spots. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.9 95.93
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 4.57 1.04
Hispanic or Latino 3.23 1.04
Others 1.9 1.44
Anker is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Denmark is ahead in terms of density. Around 8759 people have been found who wears Anker as their family name. Anker is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
616,339 India10
98,953 Belarus7
527,030 Indonesia7
8,438 China5
15,749 Finland3
12,161 Wales2
19,046 Ireland2
95,312 Argentina2
21,529 Singapore2
9,272 Ecuador2
313 Greenland2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
44,018 Poland2
124,220 Italy2
174,544 Czech Republic1
20,172 Hungary1
16,640 Hong Kong1
38,063 Mauritania1
38,830 Morocco1
7,314 Bolivia1
4,249 Cambodia1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
2,724 New Caledonia1
36,814 Romania1
10,683 Cyprus1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,780 Scotland46
16,483 Chile45
37,591 Belgium37
68,343 Spain23
173,579 Ukraine18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
93,642 France98
11,524 Sweden80
92,589 Brazil79
9,649 New Zealand71
181,712 Russia52
Countries with hundreds of Anker:
6,966 South Africa931
10,307 England618
1,453 Norway407
3,486 Switzerland333
4,544 Austria262
14,517 Australia186
4,859 Jordan185
22,710 Canada155
8,390 Israel130
Countries with thousands of Anker:
20,266 United States1,583
406 Denmark1,244
2,289 Netherlands1,072
9,390 Germany1,042
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Comments

J
Jacquelin Mckinstry
The origin of the name is Germanic etymology of the name comes from the German anker meaning man of the anchor, and by extension the sailor name recalls the ancient craft.

Anker Namesakes

  • Alida van der Anker-Doedens, Olympic athlete
  • Conrad Anker, Rock Climber
  • Carsten Anker, Businessman
  • Johan Anker, Sailor
  • Chris Anker Sørensen, Bicycler
  • Peder Anker, Norwegian Politician
  • Lotte Anker, Composer
  • Sverre Anker Ousdal, Actor
  • Robert Anker, Writer
  • Helen Anker, Actress

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