How common is the surname Banta?

5,931 people in the United States had the surname Banta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,056 Americans. It ranked 5,829th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Banta?

In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Banta identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Banta getting more or less common?

More common. 5,290 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,931 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Banta

A surname, carried by 5,931 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Banta is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,931 people named Banta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 52,056 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,290.

#5,829

rank among US surnames

5,931

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+12.1%

change since 2000 (was #5,994)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,820	Garnica	5,941	51,969
#5,821	Pardue	5,940	51,977
#5,823	Boardman	5,938	51,995
#5,824	Quiroga	5,937	52,004
#5,825	Deering	5,936	52,012
#5,826	Gourley	5,934	52,030
#5,827	Bridge	5,933	52,039

Who is named Banta

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

88% of people named Banta identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.1%
Two or more races 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Banta

Banta has the Soundex code B530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B530.

Questions

How common is the surname Banta?: 5,931 people in the United States had the surname Banta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,056 Americans. It ranked 5,829th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Banta?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Banta identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Banta getting more or less common?: More common. 5,290 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,931 in 2010, up 12%.