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    The surname Bankston

    A surname, carried by 7,101 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈbeɪ̯ŋk.st(ə)n/ 2 syllables Soundex B523

    Bankston: #4,953 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bankston #4,953, 7,101 people Bankston: #4,953 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bankston #4,953, 7,101 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bankston is more common than 96.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 7,101 people named Bankston in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,479 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,736.

    #4,953
    rank among US surnames
    7,101
    people in 2010
    2.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.4%
    change since 2000 (was #4,789)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,944Vandenberg7,12143,357
    #4,945Hogg7,11943,369
    #4,947Wilkie7,11643,388
    #4,948Wainwright7,11443,400
    #4,949Rainwater7,11143,418
    #4,951Enright7,10843,436
    #4,952Ackley7,10243,473

    Who is named Bankston

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

    63% of people named Bankston identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 63%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 31%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Bankston

    Bankston has the Soundex code B523, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B523.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bankston?
    7,101 people in the United States had the surname Bankston in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,479 Americans. It ranked 4,953rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bankston?
    In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Bankston identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Bankston?
    Bankston is /ˈbeɪ̯ŋk.st(ə)n/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Bankston getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,736 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,101 in 2010, up 5.4%.