as a Last Name
- 109,188
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Banks
Meaning & Origins
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.
| 281st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 109,188
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Guam
- has the most people named Banks per capita
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