Explore the Family Name Tanck

The meaning of Tanck

North German and North Frisian: variant of Tank. This surname is very rare in North Frisia. Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Tanck saw a slight increase in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Tanck was ranked as the 80,812th most popular surname, with 218 instances recorded. By 2010, the count had increased to 226 individuals bearing the name Tanck, moving the surname to the 83,226th rank in terms of popularity. Despite this growth in absolute numbers, the proportion per 100,000 people remained stable at 0.08, indicating that the overall prevalence of the surname Tanck did not change significantly within the U.S. population during this decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#80,812	#83,226	-2.99%
Count	218	226	3.67%
Proportion per 100k	0.08	0.08	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Tanck

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Tanck also saw some changes between 2000 and 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. The majority of individuals with this surname identified as White, accounting for 97.71% in 2000 and dropping slightly to 94.25% in 2010. There were no individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year. Interestingly, there was an emergence of individuals identifying with two or more races, accounting for 2.21% of those with the surname Tanck in 2010. This shift is a testament to growing diversity within the demographic group represented by the Tanck surname.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.71%	94.25%	-3.54%
Two or More Races	0%	2.21%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%