How common is the surname Bannon?

4,921 people in the United States had the surname Bannon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,740 Americans. It ranked 6,845th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bannon?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bannon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bannon?

Steve Bannon, American media executive & political strategist (born 1953), followed by Jim Bannon.

Where is the surname Bannon most common?

Wikidata records people named Bannon in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Bannon getting more or less common?

More common. 4,821 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,921 in 2010, up 2.1%.

The surname Bannon

A surname, carried by 4,921 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B550

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bannon is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,921 people named Bannon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,740 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,821.

#6,845

rank among US surnames

4,921

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #6,494)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,836	Habib	4,932	62,600
#6,837	Hallock	4,930	62,626
#6,838	Fast	4,929	62,639
#6,839	Takahashi	4,928	62,651
#6,840	Hovey	4,927	62,664
#6,842	Engelhardt	4,924	62,702
#6,843	Torgerson	4,923	62,715

Who is named Bannon

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

94% of people named Bannon identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bannons

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Steve Bannon
American media executive & political strategist (born 1953)
Jim Bannon
American actor (1911-1984)
Jack Bannon
American actor (1940–2017)
Jacob Bannon
American singer, born 1976
John Bannon
Australian politician (1943-2015)

Notable Bannons come mostly from the United States (4) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bannon

Bannon has the Soundex code B550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B550.

Questions

How common is the surname Bannon?: 4,921 people in the United States had the surname Bannon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,740 Americans. It ranked 6,845th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bannon?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bannon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bannon?: Steve Bannon, American media executive & political strategist (born 1953), followed by Jim Bannon.
Where is the surname Bannon most common?: Wikidata records people named Bannon in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Bannon getting more or less common?: More common. 4,821 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,921 in 2010, up 2.1%.