Bannister Surname
Approximately 30,925 people bear this surname
Bannister Surname Definition:
i)Occup. Abalister, (becoming banisters, literally balusters, staircase, railings), an arbalester, a crossbowman. Old French baleslier. v. Alabaster. The name in various forms is found in every early list It is sufficient to turn to the London Directory to see by the number of Bannisters the commonness of the occupation.
Read More About This SurnameBannister Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11,715 | 1:30,940 | 3,852 |
| England | 10,347 | 1:5,385 | 747 |
| Australia | 3,084 | 1:8,753 | 1,304 |
| Canada | 2,297 | 1:16,041 | 2,317 |
| South Africa | 547 | 1:99,045 | 12,016 |
| Scotland | 367 | 1:14,588 | 1,852 |
| New Zealand | 362 | 1:12,509 | 2,182 |
| Wales | 352 | 1:8,791 | 971 |
| Bahamas | 346 | 1:1,132 | 214 |
| Barbados | 228 | 1:1,261 | 289 |
| Philippines | 196 | 1:516,522 | 59,882 |
| Zimbabwe | 130 | 1:118,756 | 16,091 |
| Northern Ireland | 99 | 1:18,637 | 2,335 |
| France | 75 | 1:885,636 | 103,228 |
| Ireland | 73 | 1:64,506 | 4,193 |
| Thailand | 70 | 1:1,009,119 | 153,242 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 66 | 1:20,666 | 2,393 |
| Singapore | 47 | 1:117,185 | 4,783 |
| Guyana | 42 | 1:18,148 | 2,339 |
| Spain | 41 | 1:1,140,294 | 40,056 |
| United Arab Emirates | 37 | 1:247,629 | 17,078 |
| Panama | 36 | 1:108,674 | 4,042 |
| Germany | 35 | 1:2,300,156 | 119,987 |
| Jamaica | 34 | 1:84,410 | 3,809 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Malta | 24 | 1:17,928 | 1,021 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Switzerland | 20 | 1:410,646 | 30,429 |
| Jersey | 19 | 1:5,221 | 1,083 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Chile | 12 | 1:1,468,040 | 24,959 |
| Norway | 11 | 1:467,481 | 39,375 |
| Mexico | 10 | 1:12,412,620 | 43,480 |
| Sierra Leone | 9 | 1:787,737 | 678 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Isle of Man | 7 | 1:12,260 | 2,387 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:16,110 | 1,225 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Saint Lucia | 3 | 1:59,594 | 2,472 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 1:294,959 | 8,690 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| British Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:15,797 | 839 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Anguilla | 1 | 1:13,436 | 792 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 136 | 1:32,573 | 3,185 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5,088 | 1:4,791 | 719 |
| Scotland | 52 | 1:71,985 | 4,169 |
| Wales | 46 | 1:34,096 | 1,856 |
| Isle of Man | 4 | 1:13,567 | 1,192 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,160 | 1:43,292 | 5,034 |
Bannister (98) may also be a first name.
Bannister Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
i)Occup. Abalister, (becoming banisters, literally balusters, staircase, railings), an arbalester, a crossbowman. Old French baleslier. v. Alabaster. The name in various forms is found in every early list It is sufficient to turn to the London Directory to see by the number of Bannisters the commonness of the occupation.
'Gosners, balesters, and archers': Caxton, 1489 (quoted in H.E.D).
1557. Buried — John Corker, bailister, Ulverston (Ulverston Church).
Probably this is an instance of the curious Elizabethan custom of appending the old feminine -sler to names of masculine occupation. John Corker was, I suspect, the bailie or bailiff of the town. But he may have been a cross-bowman.
(a) Local.
Adam de Banistre, temp. 1320: Baines' Lancashire.
This is the only entry with de I can find. The Testa de Neville, Hundred Rolls, and Placita de Quo Warranto have many instances, but all without prefix. It is clear however that (1) is not the only origin, judging by the character of these entries.
John Balistar, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Wyot Balistarius. Rotuli Litterarum Clausarum in Turri Londinesi.
Renaud Balistarius. Calendarium Rotulorum Patentium in Turri Londinensi.
Henry Balistar, Oxfordshire, Henry III— Edw I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.
Robert Balistarius, Yorkshire, ibid.
Agnes Banastre, Salop, 1273. Hundred Rolls.Stolen from Fore-bears
Henry Banastre, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
Thomas Banastie, Lancashire 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.
John Banastre, Berkshire, Henry III— Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.
Johannes Banastre, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
1674. Baptised — Anne, d. Thomas Balisster: St. James, Clerkenwell.
The surname is found all over the kingdom in large numbers. It is quite possible that some of these entries represent a personal name now forgotten.
— Banister, q.v.
(English) One who made and sold baskets; one who fought with a crossbow.
Banastre occurs in Holinshed's Roll of Battel Abbey. Camden derives it from balneator, the keeper of a bath. 2. A term used in the parish accounts of Chudleigh, co. Devon, and supposed to mean a traveller in distress.
The keeper of a bath; from the French bain, a bath.
Perhaps originally Bainster, one who kept a bath; from Old English and Old French bain, a bath.
From Banstead; a location name in Essex, Surrey (?) Adam Banastr in Rotuli de Oblatis et Finibus, King John
In the reign of Edward VI. the Bannisters or Banisters held an estate in Beeding, West Sussex (D.). Thomas de Banastre, apparently a Sussex man, distinguished himself in a naval fight off Winchelsea in 1350 (C.). The name is far more characteristic of Lancashire.
User-submitted Reference
Bannister is derived from the Old French word, banastre, meaning 'basket maker'. Bannisters are to be found clustered in port areas where many were rope makers, a sort of weaving process, as was basket making. There does not seem to be any direct connection between Bannister and all the references given above, which refer to Banister, since none of them are associated with basket, rope, or the making of similar materials.
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Average Bannister Salary in
United States
$42,000 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bannister Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bannister Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bannister is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bannister? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bannister is the 17,866th most common family name in the world, held by around 1 in 235,652 people. The last name Bannister occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 45 percent of Bannister live; 42 percent live in North America and 42 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 956,749th most widespread first name worldwide. It is borne by 98 people.
The last name Bannister is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 11,715 people, or 1 in 30,940. In The United States it is primarily found in: Georgia, where 9 percent are found, South Carolina, where 7 percent are found and Texas, where 7 percent are found. Not including The United States it occurs in 84 countries. It also occurs in England, where 33 percent are found and Australia, where 10 percent are found.
Bannister Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Bannister has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bannister surname increased 1,010 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 203 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 706 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 765 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 46 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Bannister Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Bannister last name is chiefly Anglican (55%) in Ireland.
In The United States Bannister are 11% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.77% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Bannister earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 12.05% less than the national average, earning 304,375 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 95.07% more than the national average, earning R 463,572 per year; in United States they earn 2.66% less than the national average, earning $42,000 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.72% more than the national average, earning $51,036 CAD per year.
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