How common is the surname Banas?

2,993 people in the United States had the surname Banas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 103,156 Americans. It ranked 10,681st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Banas?

In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Banas identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Banas getting more or less common?

More common. 2,856 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,993 in 2010, up 4.8%.

The surname Banas

A surname, carried by 2,993 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Banas is more common than 93.4% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,993 people named Banas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 103,156 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,856.

#10,681

rank among US surnames

2,993

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+4.8%

change since 2000 (was #10,334)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,675	Patin	2,996	103,053
#10,678	Lian	2,995	103,087
#10,679	Ruffner	2,994	103,121
#10,681	Banas	2,993	103,156
#10,683	Hayashi	2,992	103,190
#10,686	Runkle	2,991	103,225
#10,689	Guice	2,990	103,259

Who is named Banas

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

87% of people named Banas identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Asian and Pacific Islander 6.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Banas

Banas has the Soundex code B520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B520.

Questions

How common is the surname Banas?: 2,993 people in the United States had the surname Banas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 103,156 Americans. It ranked 10,681st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Banas?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Banas identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Banas getting more or less common?: More common. 2,856 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,993 in 2010, up 4.8%.