How common is the surname Banning?

3,440 people in the United States had the surname Banning in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,752 Americans. It ranked 9,458th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Banning?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Banning identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Banning?

Mary Elizabeth Banning, American mycologist (1822-1903).

Where is the surname Banning most common?

Wikidata records people named Banning in the United States.

How do you pronounce Banning?

Banning is /ˈbænɪŋ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Banning getting more or less common?

More common. 3,331 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,440 in 2010, up 3.3%.

The surname Banning

A surname, carried by 3,440 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbænɪŋ/ 2 syllables Soundex B552

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Banning is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,440 people named Banning in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 89,752 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,331.

#9,458

rank among US surnames

3,440

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+3.3%

change since 2000 (was #9,024)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,449	Subramanian	3,443	89,673
#9,451	Pick	3,442	89,699
#9,455	Antonucci	3,441	89,726
#9,458	Borrelli	3,440	89,752
#9,461	Hoban	3,439	89,778
#9,464	Cavallo	3,438	89,804
#9,466	Poulson	3,437	89,830

Who is named Banning

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

92% of people named Banning identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bannings

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mary Elizabeth Banning
American mycologist (1822-1903)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Banning

Banning has the Soundex code B552, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B552.

Questions

How common is the surname Banning?: 3,440 people in the United States had the surname Banning in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,752 Americans. It ranked 9,458th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Banning?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Banning identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Banning?: Mary Elizabeth Banning, American mycologist (1822-1903).
Where is the surname Banning most common?: Wikidata records people named Banning in the United States.
How do you pronounce Banning?: Banning is /ˈbænɪŋ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Banning getting more or less common?: More common. 3,331 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,440 in 2010, up 3.3%.