U. S. Census
Heads of Household for Lank
1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930
Delaware DE 3 7 7 5 5 45 19 18 109 32 25 32 33
Pennsylvania PA 2 6 3 30 3 5 16 19 24 25
New York NY 1 17 4 4 1 11 15 19
Illinois IL 9 2 6 9 13 15 17
Maine ME 1 5 1 2 13 10 5 14
Maryland MD 1 3 2 3 2 7 6 11 8 6 13 16
Indiana IN 3 22 11 7 28 11 12 12
Ohio OH 1 4 1 16 5 9 10 4 7 10
Kansas KS 1 13 5 7 9
Wisconsin WI 4 1 2 4 6 6 9
California CA 3 3 4 26 10 8 8
Texas TX 1 1 5 3 8 7
New Jersey NJ 3 1 1 5 5 7
Massachusetts MA 2 2 1 1 9 5
Michigan MI 1 2 8 1 4 5
Oregon OR 6 5
Nebraska NE 2 2 4
Iowa IA 18 5 6 14 6 7 3
Missouri MO 1 3 1 6 7 5 3
Alabama AL 1 1 2
Minnesota MN 1 3 3 2 2
Arizona AZ 1
Connecticut CT 1 3
Dist. Of Columbia DC 1 1
Kentucky KY 3 1 3 1
Louisiana LA 1 1 1
Montana MT 1 1
Tennessee TN 3 1
Virginia VA. 8 1 9 1 1 2 1 2
Washington WA 1 1 1
West Virginia WV 1 2 2 1
Alaska AK
Arkansas AR 1
Colorado CO 1
Georgia GA 1 1
Mississippi MS 1 1
Nevada NV 1
New Hampshire NH 1 1 1
North Carolina NC 1 2 3 1 1
North Dakota ND 1
Oklahoma OK 1 1
South Carolina SC 1 1
South Dakota SD 1 1 1
Utah UT 1
Wyoming WY 1
Sources: Heritagequest.com and Ancestry.com
Notes: 1890 Census was destroyed by fire. 1930 Census transcription is incomplete at this time (July 2007).  Census counts were somewhat incomplete due to state budget issues and enumerator qualifications, errors or training. Relationships cannot be proven for many of these Lanks.  Some original surnames were shortened to Lank, e.g., Lanquake to Lank.  Lanks continued to stream in to this country from Britain, Germany, France and other parts of Europe.