Explore the Family Name Hanish

The meaning of Hanish

Americanized form of Sorbian, Czech, and Slovak Haniš and Hanyš (see Hanis), Polish Hanisz and Hanysz, and of their German (ized) form/cognate Hanisch. Some characteristic forenames: German Gerhard, Kurt, Otto.

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How common is the last name Hanish in the United States?

The surname Hanish saw a slight decrease in popularity in the United States between 2000 and 2010, according to data from the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, it was ranked as the 50,055th most popular name, but by 2010, it dropped slightly to the 51,941st spot, marking a change of -3.77%. In terms of count, there were 393 individuals with the Hanish surname in 2000, which marginally increased to 400 in 2010, showing a growth of 1.78%. The proportion of people named Hanish per 100,000 population also decreased from 0.15 to 0.14 within the same decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#50,055	#51,941	-3.77%
Count	393	400	1.78%
Proportion per 100k	0.15	0.14	-6.67%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Hanish

Concerning ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census shows that the majority of individuals with the Hanish surname identify as White, with a minor increase from 94.91% in 2000 to 95.50% in 2010. In 2000, 2.80% identified as Hispanic, but this figure decreased to 2.00% in 2010. The representation of Asian/Pacific Islanders bearing the Hanish surname disappeared entirely, going from 1.27% in 2000 to zero in 2010. Conversely, those identifying as belonging to two or more races emerged at 1.25% in 2010, while the percentages for Black and American Indian/Alaskan Native ethnicities remained suppressed or at zero during both census years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.91%	95.5%	0.62%
Hispanic	2.8%	2%	-28.57%
Two or More Races	0%	1.25%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.27%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%