Cognomen הנקס (Hanks 
, Henkes 
, הנקס 
) , in all the world, is a common last name. The surname הנקס is characteristic of Jersey, where it is quite a common surname, the United States, where it is quite a rare surname, and Luxembourg. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany. Much less frequently, הנקס is the forename as well as the last name.