Family name ハンクス (Hanks 
, ハンクス) , all around the world, is a common cognomen. The last name ハンクス is habitual in Jersey, where it is quite a common surname, the United States, where it is quite a rare surname, and the United Kingdom. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Much less frequently, ハンクス is the forename as well as the last name.