Hankey

Hankey Meaning & Origin

About Hankey
The surname Hankey is of English origin and is derived from the Old English word "hanc," meaning "hand," and the suffix "-ey," meaning "island" or "dwelling place." Therefore, the surname Hankey is believed to have originated as a topographic name for someone who lived near or on a piece of land shaped like a hand or a hand-shaped island. It could also have been a nickname for someone with a distinctive hand or a metonymic occupational name for a manual laborer.

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Popularity

Surname Popularity by Ethnicity

The surname Hankey is a unique entry in our records. Discover more about its distribution and characteristics:

  • Number of People with the name Hankey: 1,492
  • Overall Popularity: Less than 0.01% (a rare surname)
  • Ranking: 18,507
  • Frequency per 100k people: 0.51

Below is the ethnic distribution of the surname Hankey based on recent US Census records. This is a brief glimpse into the diverse backgrounds of people carrying this surname.

Ranking information for the surname Hankey is not currently available.

Pronunciation

📇 Metaphone
HNK
🗽 NYSIIS
HA
🔊 Soundex
H0520
🎵 Syllabic Pronunciation
HH AE1 NG K IY0
🌐 IPA
/ˈhæŋki/
🔊 Double Metaphone
('HNK', '')
🈯 Cross-Lingual Phonetic
H520

Accessibility & Communication

How to write the name Hankey in Braille

Here's how to represent Hankey in Braille, each pattern of raised dots corresponds to a letter in the name.

The name Hankey in braille

How to sign the name Hankey using Sign Language

The image below shows how you can spell Hankey using American Sign Language (ASL). In sign language, each hand shape corresponds to a specific a letter of the name.

The name Hankey in sign language

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