Hanko Family History
Hanko Name Meaning
Slovak; Polish (also Hańko): from a pet form of the personal name Ján (Slovak) or Jan (Polish) from Latin Johannes (see John ). Albanian: from hanko a term used during the Ottoman Turkish rule over Albania by a Moslem man to address his wife applied as a nickname (status name) referring to a woman as a representative of the family or tribe.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022