Tanks Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Hunts and Rutland 0
London 6
Norfolk 1
Staffordshire 11
Warwickshire 7
Worcestershire 1
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northumberland 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Yorkshire 0

Tanks Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Tanks family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 2
Shoe Maker 2
Fs 1
Lab 1
Waiter 1
House Brook 1
Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Tanks

Name Census Frequency
Mary Tanks 18
John Tanks 14
William Tanks 14
James Tanks 11
Sarah Tanks 11
Richard Tanks 9
Ann Tanks 8
Joseph Tanks 8
Alice Tanks 7
Eliza Tanks 7
George Tanks 7
Jane Tanks 7
Charles Tanks 6
Emma Tanks 6
Maria Tanks 6
Henry Tanks 5
Samuel Tanks 5
Thomas Tanks 5
Charlotte Tanks 4
Alfred Tanks 3
Annie Tanks 3
Benjamin Tanks 3
Florence Tanks 3
Hannah Tanks 3
Martha Tanks 3

Tanks Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Tonks 80% 10,762
2 Tunks 80% 2,054
3 Tinks 80% 301
4 Tanks 100% 264

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The surname Tanks is the 4th most popular variant of Tonks.

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