Bán Surname

89,080th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,389 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Bán Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bán Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary5,1811:1,895207
Slovakia1331:40,1247,469
Romania381:528,36539,789
Czechia211:506,35652,868
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
England21:27,859,030389,889
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Ban (379,831), Bàn (1) & Bañ (4) are calculated separately.

Bán (22) may also be a first name.

Bán Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bán occurs more in Hungary more than any other country or territory. It may appear as: Ban, Bàn or Bañ. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bán? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 89,080th most prevalent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,352,300 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Bán are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 96 percent are found in Hungaro-Europe. Bán is also the 2,301,746th most widespread forename globally. It is borne by 22 people.

The surname Bán is most commonly held in Hungary, where it is held by 5,181 people, or 1 in 1,895. In Hungary Bán is most common in: Budapest, where 16 percent are found, Pest County, where 16 percent are found and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Hungary it is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Slovakia, where 2 percent are found and Romania, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ban89379,831/
Bàn891/
Baán86683/
Báan865/
Bánn861/
Bañ784/
Bátin751/
Bon6751,164/
Ván67145/
Bánová67143/
Bón6758/

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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 Bán
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