Banana Surname
Approximately 4,885 people bear this surname
Banana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 1,295 | 1:26,622 | 4,228 |
| India | 698 | 1:1,098,948 | 45,200 |
| DR Congo | 616 | 1:119,934 | 13,059 |
| Zimbabwe | 542 | 1:28,484 | 4,378 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| United States | 218 | 1:1,662,656 | 110,804 |
| South Africa | 116 | 1:467,049 | 38,892 |
| Cameroon | 108 | 1:192,306 | 19,984 |
| Uganda | 94 | 1:415,311 | 25,587 |
| Congo | 79 | 1:63,153 | 5,612 |
| Senegal | 76 | 1:191,833 | 1,383 |
| England | 71 | 1:784,761 | 42,668 |
| Hong Kong | 70 | 1:104,793 | 1,905 |
| Portugal | 66 | 1:157,852 | 6,835 |
| Indonesia | 55 | 1:2,404,531 | 143,692 |
| Tanzania | 45 | 1:1,176,480 | 46,524 |
| Brazil | 38 | 1:5,633,535 | 140,199 |
| Canada | 38 | 1:969,621 | 73,252 |
| Philippines | 32 | 1:3,163,694 | 143,904 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Australia | 25 | 1:1,079,828 | 61,253 |
| Greece | 22 | 1:503,627 | 63,727 |
| China | 21 | 1:65,110,551 | 3,537 |
| Zambia | 18 | 1:880,551 | 28,935 |
| Mexico | 17 | 1:7,301,541 | 34,591 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Turkey | 13 | 1:5,986,263 | 116,031 |
| Kenya | 12 | 1:3,848,325 | 40,366 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Italy | 9 | 1:6,795,188 | 113,457 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Yemen | 7 | 1:3,775,042 | 17,439 |
| Algeria | 6 | 1:6,438,592 | 53,709 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Lesotho | 5 | 1:406,512 | 17,363 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Syria | 3 | 1:6,433,674 | 16,197 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Banaña (287) & Bañana (2) are calculated separately.
Banana (1,505) may also be a first name.
Banana Demographics
Average Banana Salary in
United States
$47,094 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Banana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Banana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Banana (Arabic: بيننا, Georgian: ბანანა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻨﺎﻥ, Hindi: बनाना) occurs more in Morocco more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Banaña or Bañana. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Banana? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 97,209th most frequently used surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,491,821 people. The last name Banana occurs predominantly in Africa, where 62 percent of Banana live; 27 percent live in North Africa and 27 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 200,339th most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 1,505 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Morocco, where it is borne by 1,295 people, or 1 in 26,622. Not including Morocco it exists in 103 countries. It is also found in India, where 14 percent live and The DR Congo, where 13 percent live.
Banana Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Banana has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Banana surname rose 7,267 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Banana Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Banana surname are 24.55% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 77.78% registered with the political party.
The amount Banana earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 51.58% less than the national average, earning R 115,068 per year and in United States they earn 9.14% more than the national average, earning $47,094 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Banana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Banana in the Georgian language | ||
| ბანანა | banana | - |
| Banana in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻨﺎﻥ | bnan | - |
| Banana in the Hindi language | ||
| बनाना | banana | 88.89 |
| बनना | banana | 11.11 |
| Banana in the Arabic language | ||
| بيننا | bynna | - |
| بنانا | bnana | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Banana
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