How common is the surname O'Banion?

1,912 people in the United States had the surname O'Banion in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,478 Americans. It ranked 15,340th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named O'Banion?

Dean O'Banion, American mobster (1892–1924).

Where is the surname O'Banion most common?

Wikidata records people named O'Banion in the United States.

Is the surname O'Banion getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,922 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,912 in 2010, down 0.5%.

The surname O'Banion

An Irish surname, carried by 1,912 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex O155

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). O'Banion is more common than 90.5% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of O'Bannon.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,912 people named O'Banion in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 161,478 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,922.

#15,340

rank among US surnames

1,912

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-0.5%

change since 2000 (was #14,292)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,340	Mungia	1,912	161,478
#15,347	McMiller	1,911	161,562

Who is named O'Banion

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

87% of people named O'Banion identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.8%
Two or more races 2.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous O'Banions

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dean O'Banion
American mobster (1892–1924)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like O'Banion

O'Bannon

O'Banion has the Soundex code O155, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O155.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname O'Banion come from?: Variant of O'Bannon.
How common is the surname O'Banion?: 1,912 people in the United States had the surname O'Banion in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,478 Americans. It ranked 15,340th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname O'Banion?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named O'Banion identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named O'Banion?: Dean O'Banion, American mobster (1892–1924).
Where is the surname O'Banion most common?: Wikidata records people named O'Banion in the United States.
Is the surname O'Banion getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,922 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,912 in 2010, down 0.5%.