Banison Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Banison Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Banison Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Banison (36) may also be a first name.

Banison Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Banison Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Banison (Oriya: ବନିେସାନ) is borne by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Banison? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,968,613th most widespread family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Banison occurs predominantly in Asia, where 50 percent of Banison are found; 25 percent are found in West Africa and 25 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most common first name globally, borne by 36 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Ghana, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 27,020,692. Beside Ghana this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 25 percent are found and Malaysia, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Banison Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Banison in the Oriya language
ବନିେସାନbaniesana-

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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 Banison
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