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    The surname Bangura

    A surname, carried by 1,916 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B526

    Bangura: #15,318 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bangura #15,318, 1,916 people Bangura: #15,318 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bangura #15,318, 1,916 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bangura is more common than 90.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,916 people named Bangura in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 161,141 Americans. That is up 112% since 2000, when the Census counted 902.

    #15,318
    rank among US surnames
    1,916
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +112.4%
    change since 2000 (was #25,673)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,309Kinner1,917161,057
    #15,318Quisenberry1,916161,141
    #15,322Catano1,915161,225
    #15,325Irick1,914161,309

    Who is named Bangura

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

    95% of people named Bangura identified as Black (not Hispanic), 2.2% as two or more races and 1.7% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bangura

    Bangura has the Soundex code B526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B526.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bangura?
    1,916 people in the United States had the surname Bangura in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,141 Americans. It ranked 15,318th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bangura?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bangura identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Bangura getting more or less common?
    More common. 902 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,916 in 2010, up 112%.