How common is the surname Bane?

5,591 people in the United States had the surname Bane in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 55,222 Americans. It ranked 6,127th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bane?

Desmond Bane, American basketball player (born 1998).

Where is the surname Bane most common?

Wikidata records people named Bane in the United States.

Is the surname Bane getting more or less common?

More common. 5,580 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,591 in 2010, up 0.2%.

The surname Bane

A surname, carried by 5,591 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). Bane is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

* As an English surname, from the archaic noun bane (“murderer”). * As an English, Scottish, and Irish surname, variant of Bain. * As a French surname, from the noun banne (“wicker basket”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,591 people named Bane in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 55,222 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 5,580.

#6,127

rank among US surnames

5,591

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #5,700)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,118	Dutcher	5,605	55,084
#6,119	Sikora	5,604	55,094
#6,121	Marlin	5,602	55,113
#6,122	Christmas	5,599	55,143
#6,123	Fernando	5,596	55,173
#6,124	Coelho	5,593	55,202
#6,126	Kennard	5,592	55,212

Who is named Bane

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

92% of people named Bane identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Banes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Desmond Bane
American basketball player (born 1998)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bane

Bane 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 Bane come from?: * As an English surname, from the archaic noun bane (“murderer”). * As an English, Scottish, and Irish surname, variant of Bain. * As a French surname, from the noun banne (“wicker basket”).
How common is the surname Bane?: 5,591 people in the United States had the surname Bane in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 55,222 Americans. It ranked 6,127th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bane?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Bane identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bane?: Desmond Bane, American basketball player (born 1998).
Where is the surname Bane most common?: Wikidata records people named Bane in the United States.
Is the surname Bane getting more or less common?: More common. 5,580 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,591 in 2010, up 0.2%.