Ankney is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ankney
No. of characters: 6
Origin: England
Meaning:

The surname is the variant form of Hankin. A Cheshire nickname for Randolph, as in the ancient family of Manwaring, and many others. Hanks, Hankin, and Hankinson are modifications of it.

The family name Ankney is the variant of Hankins. The son of little Hane, a pet form of John meaning "gracious gift of Jehovah".

How popular is Ankney?

Ankney is common in United States.

Ankney is ranked 193740 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Ankney bearers increased by 4.5 per cent in 2010 US census to 1834 since 2000, the surname slipped by 504 spots and ranked at 15864. The last name was found in around 6 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.68 95.27
Hispanic or Latino 2.78 1.42
Others 1.25 1.03
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.09 1.42
Black 0.71 0.4
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.49 0.46
Ankney is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in United States which may be its country of origin too. Around 2169 people have been found who wears Ankney as their family name. Few people around the world have Ankney as their surname. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Ankney:
17,361 United States2,105
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
51,218 Canada59

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