Bánk Surname
Approximately 182 people bear this surname
Bánk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 174 | 1:56,415 | 5,933 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
The alternate forms: Bank (37,786), Bànk (1) & Bañk (1) are calculated separately.
Bánk (35) may also be a first name.
Bánk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bánk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bánk is found most in Hungary. It can be found as: Bank, Bànk or Bañk. Click here for further potential spellings of Bánk.
How Common Is The Last Name Bánk? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,263,456th most widespread surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 40,041,461 people. Bánk occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Bánk reside; 96 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 96 percent reside in Hungaro-Europe. It is also the 1,744,716th most common first name in the world, held by 35 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Hungary, where it is carried by 174 people, or 1 in 56,415. In Hungary Bánk is mostly found in: Budapest, where 33 percent reside, Bács-Kiskun County, where 18 percent reside and Pest County, where 17 percent reside. Outside of Hungary it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 4 percent reside and Slovakia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bank | 92 | 37,786 | / |
| Bànk | 92 | 1 | / |
| Bañk | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bonk | 75 | 12,474 | / |
| Bánková | 73 | 2 | / |
| Banke | 67 | 3,161 | / |
| Bonke | 67 | 2,558 | / |
| Banck | 67 | 857 | / |
| Beunk | 67 | 795 | / |
| Bonck | 67 | 304 | / |
| Boonk | 67 | 296 | / |
| Baank | 67 | 259 | / |
| Boink | 67 | 75 | / |
| Báncs | 67 | 41 | / |
| Baink | 67 | 22 | / |
| Bounk | 67 | 19 | / |
| Bonks | 67 | 14 | / |
| Bongk | 67 | 14 | / |
| Bankh | 67 | 13 | / |
| Bankg | 67 | 10 | / |
| Bhank | 67 | 9 | / |
| Beank | 67 | 9 | / |
| Baunk | 67 | 9 | / |
| Bahnk | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bankc | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bankå | 67 | 3 | / |
| Beink | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bangk | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bankk | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bànks | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhonk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hbank | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boynk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bannk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bohnk | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Bánk
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