The surname Bannerman
An occupational surname, carried by 1,719 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex B565
Origin
A surname originating as an occupation for a standard-bearer.
Bannerman is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,719 people named Bannerman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 179,608 Americans. That is up 8.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,591.
#16,662
rank among US surnames
1,719
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+8%
change since 2000 (was #16,602)
Who is named Bannerman
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
49% of people named Bannerman identified as white (not Hispanic), 48% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 49%
- Black (not Hispanic) 48%
- Two or more races 1.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Questions
- How common is the surname Bannerman?
- 1,719 people in the United States had the surname Bannerman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 179,608 Americans. It ranked 16,662nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Bannerman?
- In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Bannerman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 48% as Black (not Hispanic).
- What type of surname is Bannerman?
- Bannerman is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
- Is the surname Bannerman getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,591 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,719 in 2010, up 8.0%.