Explore the Family Name Hankerson

The meaning of Hankerson

English (Warwickshire): probably a variant of Hankinson.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Hankerson increased between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Hankerson was the 13,137th most popular surname in the United States, but by 2010 it had climbed to the 12,170th spot, showing a rise in rank by 7.36%. The number of people with the surname Hankerson also saw a significant increase from 2,134 in 2000 to 2,561 in 2010, marking a growth of approximately 20.01%. As for proportion per 100k, it went from 0.79 to 0.87 during this time period, representing an increase of 10.13%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#13,137	#12,170	7.36%
Count	2,134	2,561	20.01%
Proportion per 100k	0.79	0.87	10.13%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Hankerson

Turning to ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows interesting shifts in the ethnic identity associated with the Hankerson surname from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, 88.47% of Hankersons identified as Black, but this percentage decreased to 85.08% by 2010. The percentage of Hankersons identifying as White rose slightly from 7.45% in 2000 to 8.67% in 2010. The data also showed that there were increases in the number of Hankersons identifying as Hispanic (from 1.73% to 2.73%) and those identifying with two or more races (from 1.87% to 2.97%). Meanwhile, in 2010, there were small percentages of Hankersons who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian/Alaska Native, categories which had no representation in the 2000 data.

	2000	2010	Change
Black	88.47%	85.08%	-3.83%
White	7.45%	8.67%	16.38%
Two or More Races	1.87%	2.97%	58.82%
Hispanic	1.73%	2.73%	57.8%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.35%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.2%	0%