How common is the surname Band?

671 people in the United States had the surname Band in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 460,127 Americans. It ranked 33,894th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Band?

In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Band identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Band?

Alex Band, American singer, followed by Charles Band.

Where is the surname Band most common?

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

Is the surname Band getting more or less common?

Less common. 752 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 671 in 2010, down 11%.

The surname Band

A German place surname, carried by 671 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Band is more common than 79.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

* 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.

Band is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 671 people named Band in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 460,127 Americans. That is down 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 752.

#33,894

rank among US surnames

671

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-10.8%

change since 2000 (was #29,570)

Who is named Band

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

86% of people named Band identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bands

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alex Band
American singer, born 1981
Charles Band
American film director, born 1951
Richard Band
American composer of film music, born 1953
Heinrich Band
Bandoneon inventor (1821–1860)
Albert Band
American film director (1924–2002)
Erika Rosenberg
Argentine-German Writer and journalist (born 1951)

Notable Bands come mostly from the United States (3), Germany (2) and Italy (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Band

Band has the Soundex code B530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B530.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Band come from?: * 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.
How common is the surname Band?: 671 people in the United States had the surname Band in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 460,127 Americans. It ranked 33,894th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Band?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Band identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Band?: Alex Band, American singer, followed by Charles Band.
Where is the surname Band most common?: Wikidata records people named Band in the United States, Germany and Italy.
What type of surname is Band?: Band is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Band getting more or less common?: Less common. 752 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 671 in 2010, down 11%.