How common is the surname Bangs?

2,490 people in the United States had the surname Bangs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,994 Americans. It ranked 12,467th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bangs?

Lester Bangs, American music critic and journalist, followed by Outram Bangs.

Where is the surname Bangs most common?

Wikidata records people named Bangs in the United States.

Is the surname Bangs getting more or less common?

More common. 2,421 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,490 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Bangs

A surname, carried by 2,490 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bangs is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

Variant of Banks.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,490 people named Bangs in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 123,994 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,421.

#12,467

rank among US surnames

2,490

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #11,848)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,460	Hallowell	2,491	123,944
#12,467	Como	2,490	123,994
#12,473	Pentecost	2,489	124,044
#12,476	Beaupre	2,488	124,094

Who is named Bangs

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

88% of people named Bangs identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bangss

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lester Bangs
American music critic and journalist, 1948–1982
Outram Bangs
American ornithologist (1863–1932)
John Kendrick Bangs
American author, editor and satirist (1862–1922)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bangs

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

Questions

Where does the surname Bangs come from?: Variant of Banks.
How common is the surname Bangs?: 2,490 people in the United States had the surname Bangs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,994 Americans. It ranked 12,467th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bangs?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Bangs identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bangs?: Lester Bangs, American music critic and journalist, followed by Outram Bangs.
Where is the surname Bangs most common?: Wikidata records people named Bangs in the United States.
Is the surname Bangs getting more or less common?: More common. 2,421 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,490 in 2010, up 2.9%.