as a Last Name
- 7,853
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Bannister
Meaning & Origins
English: metonymic occupational name for a basket weaver, from Anglo-Norman French banastre ‘basket’ (the result of a Late Latin cross between Gaulish benna and Greek kanistron). The term denoting a stair rail is unconnected with this name; it was not used before the 17th century.
| 3,932nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 7,853
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- South Carolina
- has the most people named Bannister per capita
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