Banner Surname
Approximately 14,221 people bear this surname
Banner Surname Definition:
Johannes Bannezour witness in Ayr, 1429 (Ayr, p. 83). Thomas and Charles Banner, herds in Buchtrig, 1684 (RPC., 3. ser. X, 250). Harrison says same as Bannerman which see).
Banner Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7,386 | 1:49,074 | 5,950 |
| England | 3,000 | 1:18,573 | 2,656 |
| Belize | 563 | 1:631 | 127 |
| Canada | 494 | 1:74,586 | 8,430 |
| Australia | 476 | 1:56,714 | 6,917 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Germany | 259 | 1:310,832 | 31,514 |
| Wales | 241 | 1:12,840 | 1,418 |
| Fiji | 189 | 1:4,732 | 899 |
| Jamaica | 168 | 1:17,083 | 1,574 |
| France | 155 | 1:428,534 | 62,172 |
| Scotland | 143 | 1:37,439 | 3,597 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| French Polynesia | 55 | 1:5,106 | 1,145 |
| New Zealand | 51 | 1:88,791 | 12,412 |
| Philippines | 44 | 1:2,300,869 | 126,392 |
| India | 42 | 1:18,263,461 | 278,402 |
| Northern Ireland | 37 | 1:49,866 | 4,222 |
| Denmark | 37 | 1:152,560 | 13,318 |
| Russia | 36 | 1:4,003,418 | 194,829 |
| Thailand | 29 | 1:2,435,805 | 267,220 |
| South Africa | 27 | 1:2,006,582 | 90,678 |
| Austria | 24 | 1:354,810 | 38,119 |
| Netherlands | 18 | 1:938,176 | 63,634 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Panama | 14 | 1:279,447 | 6,847 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Argentina | 13 | 1:3,287,955 | 132,850 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Afghanistan | 12 | 1:2,679,432 | 17,028 |
| Poland | 11 | 1:3,455,341 | 126,214 |
| Liberia | 11 | 1:400,776 | 20,681 |
| Jersey | 10 | 1:9,920 | 2,003 |
| Hungary | 10 | 1:981,628 | 46,877 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Iran | 7 | 1:10,968,932 | 186,522 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Guyana | 2 | 1:381,110 | 13,532 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Faroe Islands | 1 | 1:48,998 | 2,049 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,450 | 1:16,811 | 2,456 |
| Wales | 114 | 1:13,758 | 821 |
| Scotland | 75 | 1:49,910 | 3,440 |
| Jersey | 2 | 1:25,941 | 3,069 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,423 | 1:35,291 | 4,194 |
Banner (628) may also be a first name.
Banner Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Johannes Bannezour witness in Ayr, 1429 (Ayr, p. 83). Thomas and Charles Banner, herds in Buchtrig, 1684 (RPC., 3. ser. X, 250). Harrison says same as Bannerman which see).
(Anglo-French-Teut.) Standard- Bearer. [Middle English banere + man; Old French ban(i)ere; from ult. L. Latin bann- um, a banner; of Teutonic origin] Sir James Scrimgeor of Duddap, Knicht, Grit constabill of fair Dundé, Unto the dulefull deith was dicht; The Kingis cheif banner-man was he.
—The Battle of Harlaw, 209-12.
May have had an origin similar to that of Bannerman.
Robert le Baneor, Normandy, 1180 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae).
Banner Demographics
Average Male Banner Height
177.52 cm
Average Female Banner Height
163.25 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Banner Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Banner Come From? nationality or country of origin
Banner (Arabic: بانر, Hindi: बन्नेर, Marathi: बन्, Russian: Баннер) is found most in The United States. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Banner click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Banner? popularity and diffusion
The last name Banner is the 37,075th most widely held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 512,450 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 52 percent of Banner are found; 46 percent are found in North America and 46 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 332,375th most widespread first name internationally, borne by 628 people.
The surname Banner is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 7,386 people, or 1 in 49,074. In The United States it is most frequent in: North Carolina, where 12 percent are found, Texas, where 8 percent are found and Florida, where 5 percent are found. Not including The United States this last name occurs in 89 countries. It also occurs in England, where 21 percent are found and Belize, where 4 percent are found.
Banner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Banner has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 519 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 207 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 211 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 191 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 67 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Banner Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland and Evangelical (50%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Banner surname are 15.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.33% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Banner earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 432.78% more than the national average, earning S/. 103,280 per year; in South Africa they earn 71.81% more than the national average, earning R 408,288 per year; in United States they earn 4.72% less than the national average, earning $41,111 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.44% more than the national average, earning $50,896 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Banner Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Banner in the Hindi language | ||
| बन्नेर | bannera | - |
| Banner in the Marathi language | ||
| बन् | ban | 66.67 |
| बंन् | bann | 33.33 |
| Banner in the Russian language | ||
| Баннер | banner | - |
| Banner in the Arabic language | ||
| بانر | banr | - |
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