Hanks Family History
Hanks Name Meaning
English (Gloucestershire): patronymic from the Middle English
personal name Hank, a short form of Hankin.
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Name Distribution of Hanks Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Hanks families
 106 - 210  36 - 105 |
 1 - 35  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Hanks families
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174 - 345 59 - 173 |
1 - 58 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Hanks families
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4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Hanks census records
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Hanks Family Origin
Hanks Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Hanks
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Hanks Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Hanks census records
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Hanks Civil War Service Records
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