How common is the surname Ban?

2,011 people in the United States had the surname Ban in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 153,528 Americans. It ranked 14,768th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ban?

In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Ban identified as white (not Hispanic), and 42% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Ban?

Ban Ki-moon, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations, followed by Ban Yong.

Where is the surname Ban most common?

Wikidata records people named Ban in South Korea and China.

Is the surname Ban getting more or less common?

More common. 1,546 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,011 in 2010, up 30%.

The surname Ban

A surname, carried by 2,011 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ban is more common than 90.9% of them.

Origin

* As a Hungarian surname, from Bán. * As a Hungarian and Serbo-Croatian surname, from bán (“governor”), probably related to Avar баян (bajan, “rich man”). * As a Slovene, reduced from Urban. * As a German surname, spelling variant of Bann. * As a Japanese surname, from 坂 (Ban). * As a Korean surname, spelling variant of Pan. * As a Chinese surname, from 班 (Bān).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,011 people named Ban in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 153,528 Americans. That is up 30% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,546.

#14,768

rank among US surnames

2,011

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+30.1%

change since 2000 (was #16,960)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,761	Natarajan	2,012	153,452
#14,768	Ban	2,011	153,528
#14,775	Secrist	2,010	153,605

Who is named Ban

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

48% of people named Ban identified as white (not Hispanic), 42% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 48%
Asian and Pacific Islander 42%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bans

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ban Ki-moon
8th Secretary-General of the United Nations, born 1944
Ban Yong
2nd-century Han dynasty official and general, 50–150

Notable Bans come mostly from South Korea (1) and China (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ban

Ban has the Soundex code B500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B500.

Questions

Where does the surname Ban come from?: * As a Hungarian surname, from Bán. * As a Hungarian and Serbo-Croatian surname, from bán (“governor”), probably related to Avar баян (bajan, “rich man”). * As a Slovene, reduced from Urban. * As a German surname, spelling variant of Bann. * As a Japanese surname, from 坂 (Ban). * As a Korean…
How common is the surname Ban?: 2,011 people in the United States had the surname Ban in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 153,528 Americans. It ranked 14,768th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ban?: In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Ban identified as white (not Hispanic), and 42% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Ban?: Ban Ki-moon, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations, followed by Ban Yong.
Where is the surname Ban most common?: Wikidata records people named Ban in South Korea and China.
Is the surname Ban getting more or less common?: More common. 1,546 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,011 in 2010, up 30%.