# Bank (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bank/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Dutch |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,371 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,953 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 130,217 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.9% (2,281 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Various origins: * Borrowed from Dutch and German Bank (“bench”), a metonymic occupational surname for someone who worked with a bench or counter, like a money changer. * Borrowed from Danish and Swedish Bank, a topographic surname from bank (“sandbank”) or, alternatively, a nickname for a loud an noisy person, from bank (“noise”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bank in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 10% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 5.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bank in the United States.

## People named Bank

- Frank Bank, American actor (1942–2013)
- Melissa Bank, American writer

## Similar surnames

Bang, Bonk, Banks, Bains, Banas, Bangs, Banos, Banach, Banes, Bunch, Bianco, Bowens.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.