Bank

in the US

There are 1,655 people with the last name "Bank" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Bank 14,283
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  1. is 14,279th most common Follis
  2. is 14,280th most common Priestley
  3. is 14,281st most common Reynaga
  4. is 14,282nd most common Richerson
  5. is 14,283rd most common Bank
  6. is 14,284th most common Byun
  7. is 14,285th most common Etzel
  8. is 14,286th most common Irick
  9. is 14,287th most common Kerlin

Similar Names and Nicknames

Banks, Bunch, Bankston, Bankhead, Banker, Bunce, Bench, Bonk, Bankert, Banko

Most Common First Names for Bank

Michael, David, Richard, John, Susan, Robert, Jp, Charles, Daniel



Meaning & History

German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German or Middle Low German banc, or Yiddish bank ‘bench’, ‘table’, ‘counter’, in any of various senses, e.g. a metonymic occupational name for anyone whose work required a bench or counter, for example a butcher, baker, court official, or money changer.

Danish and Swedish: topographic name from bank ‘(sand)bank’ or a habitational name from a farm named with this word.

Danish and Swedish: from bank ‘noise’, hence a nickname for a loud or noisy person. Compare Bang.

Danish: habitational name from the German place name Bänkau.

English: probably a variant of Banks.

Americanized spelling of Polish Bąk, literally ‘horsefly’; perhaps a nickname for an irritating person.

Hungarian (Bánk): from a pet form of the old secular personal name Bán.


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