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    The surname Banu

    A surname, carried by 556 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B500

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Banu is more common than 75.6% of them.

    Origin

    * As an Islamic surname (Indian subcontinent), from Hindustani (Hindi बानू, बानो (bānū, bāno) / Urdu بانو (bānū, bānō)), from Persian بانو (bānū, bānō, “lady”), variant of Bano. * Borrowed from Bengali বানু (banu), a surname predominantly found in Bangladesh and West Bengal, probably related to the above. * Borrowed from Romanian Banu, from the medieval title ban; see Ban.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 556 people named Banu in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 555,298 Americans. That is up 97% since 2000, when the Census counted 282.

    #39,555
    rank among US surnames
    556
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +97.2%
    change since 2000 (was #65,668)

    Who is named Banu

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

    81% of people named Banu identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 16% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 81%
    • White (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Banu

    Banu has the Soundex code B500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B500.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Banu come from?
    * As an Islamic surname (Indian subcontinent), from Hindustani (Hindi बानू, बानो (bānū, bāno) / Urdu بانو (bānū, bānō)), from Persian بانو (bānū, bānō, “lady”), variant of Bano. * Borrowed from Bengali বানু (banu), a surname predominantly found in Bangladesh and West Bengal, probably related to…
    How common is the surname Banu?
    556 people in the United States had the surname Banu in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 555,298 Americans. It ranked 39,555th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Banu?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Banu identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 16% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Banu getting more or less common?
    More common. 282 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 556 in 2010, up 97%.