# Band (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/band/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 671 |
| US rank (2010) | 33,894 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 460,127 people |
| Change since 2000 | -10.8% (752 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* English, German and Jewish surname, from the noun Band (“hoop, metal ring”). * Also as an English surname, variant of Bond. * Also as a German surname, pet from of Bernhard. * As a Dutch surname, from the place name (die) Bant.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Band in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 6.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Band in the United States, Germany and Italy.

## People named Band

- Alex Band, American singer
- Charles Band, American film director
- Richard Band, American composer of film music
- Heinrich Band, Bandoneon inventor (1821–1860)
- Albert Band, American film director (1924–2002)
- Erika Rosenberg, Argentine-German Writer and journalist (born 1951)

## Similar surnames

Bond, Banda, Bandy, Banta, Bennett, Benoit, Bundy, Bent, Bonnett, Bennet, Biondo, Bonnette.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.