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Banks

in the US

There are 77,434 people with the last name "Banks" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Banks 288
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  1. is 284th most common Becker
  2. is 285th most common Powers
  3. is 286th most common Bates
  4. is 287th most common Barnett
  5. is 288th most common Banks
  6. is 289th most common Lambert
  7. is 290th most common Singh
  8. is 291st most common Stanley
  9. is 292nd most common Leonard

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Banks

James, Robert, John, Michael, Mary, William, David, Charles, Linda, Barbara

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Meaning & History

1. English and Scottish: topographic name for someone who lived on the slope of a hillside or by a riverbank, from northern Middle English banke (from Old Danish banke). The final -s may occasionally represent a plural form, but it is most commonly an arbitrary addition made after the main period of surname formation, perhaps under the influence of patronymic forms with a possessive -s.

2. Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Bruacháin ‘descendant of Bruachán’, a byname for a large-bellied person. The English form was chosen because of a mistaken association of the Gaelic name with bruach ‘bank’.

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