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    The surname Banh

    A surname, carried by 2,415 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B500

    Banh: #12,775 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Banh #12,775, 2,415 people Banh: #12,775 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Banh #12,775, 2,415 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Banh is more common than 92.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,415 people named Banh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 127,845 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,991.

    #12,775
    rank among US surnames
    2,415
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +21.3%
    change since 2000 (was #13,907)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,766Stalter2,417127,739
    #12,772Stiner2,416127,792
    #12,775Hennig2,415127,845
    #12,782Garibaldi2,414127,898

    Who is named Banh

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

    96% of people named Banh identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 96%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Banh

    Banh has the Soundex code B500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Banh?
    2,415 people in the United States had the surname Banh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,845 Americans. It ranked 12,775th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Banh?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Banh identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.6% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Banh getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,991 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,415 in 2010, up 21%.