Banias Surname
Approximately 2,733 people bear this surname
Banias Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 1,043 | 1:43,646 | 6,344 |
| Greece | 465 | 1:23,828 | 3,547 |
| Philippines | 458 | 1:221,044 | 34,179 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Israel | 139 | 1:61,566 | 7,798 |
| Iran | 131 | 1:586,126 | 32,884 |
| United States | 123 | 1:2,946,821 | 172,836 |
| Romania | 120 | 1:167,316 | 17,344 |
| Canada | 33 | 1:1,116,533 | 81,834 |
| Australia | 22 | 1:1,227,077 | 66,405 |
| Poland | 14 | 1:2,714,911 | 112,031 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Czechia | 9 | 1:1,181,497 | 85,740 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
The alternate forms: Bañias (1) & Baniaş (1) are calculated separately.
Banias (851) may also be a first name.
Banias Demographics
Average Banias Salary in
United States
$65,497 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Banias Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Banias Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Banias (Arabic: بانياس) is held by more people in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Bañias or Baniaş. Click here for other possible spellings of Banias.
How Common Is The Last Name Banias? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 159,642nd most prevalent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,666,501 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 61 percent of Banias live; 43 percent live in Eastern Europe and 38 percent live in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 279,423rd most prevalent first name globally It is held by 851 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Ukraine, where it is borne by 1,043 people, or 1 in 43,646. In Ukraine it is mostly found in: Zakarpattia Oblast, where 62 percent are found, Lviv Oblast, where 17 percent are found and Rivne Oblast, where 7 percent are found. Other than Ukraine it occurs in 23 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 17 percent are found and The Philippines, where 17 percent are found.
Banias Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Banias are 37.85% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 84.62% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Banias earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 51.79% more than the national average, earning $65,497 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.39% less than the national average, earning $39,554 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Banias Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Banias in the Arabic language | ||
| بانياس | banyas | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Banias
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