# Bankhead (surname)

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

A surname from places.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,540 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,210 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 87,216 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.3% (3,331 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Habitational surname from various Scottish minor places, from bank + head.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bankhead 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) | 38% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 57% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bankhead in the United States.

## People named Bankhead

- Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (1903–1968)
- William Brockman Bankhead, American politician (1874-1940)
- John H. Bankhead, American politician (1842-1920)
- John H. Bankhead II, American politician (1872–1946)

## Similar surnames

Bannister, Bankston, Byington, Banister, Bengtson, Baumeister, Boyington.

## 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.