Skip to content
Name Lineage

    The surname Banville

    A French surname, carried by 663 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B514

    Banville: #34,223 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Banville #34,223, 663 people Banville: #34,223 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Banville #34,223, 663 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Banville is more common than 78.9% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    French and Irish surname of Norman origin, from Banville in Calvados, from Old French Baanvillam; the second element is ville (“settlement”) but the first is uncertain, perhaps a personal name of Germanic origin (compare *bannan (“to proclaim”)). This surname is mostly found in Canada. Compare Banfield.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 663 people named Banville in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 465,680 Americans. That is down 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 677.

    #34,223
    rank among US surnames
    663
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.1%
    change since 2000 (was #32,129)

    Who is named Banville

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

    94% of people named Banville identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Banville

    Banville has the Soundex code B514, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B514.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Banville come from?
    French and Irish surname of Norman origin, from Banville in Calvados, from Old French Baanvillam; the second element is ville (“settlement”) but the first is uncertain, perhaps a personal name of Germanic origin (compare *bannan (“to proclaim”)). This surname is mostly found in Canada. Compare…
    How common is the surname Banville?
    663 people in the United States had the surname Banville in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 465,680 Americans. It ranked 34,223rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Banville?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Banville identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Banville getting more or less common?
    Less common. 677 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 663 in 2010, down 2.1%.