Bane is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland, France. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bane
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Ireland, Scotland, France
Meaning:

The lastname is the variation of MacBean. The son of Bean meaning "life".

A variant of Bain. Dweller near the Bain meaning straight, the name of rivers in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire.

Bane is the form of Bean. Descendant of Ben, a pet form of Benjamin meaning "son of my right hand", or of Benedict, "blessed" The family name can also mean the light complexioned man.

Is variation of Been. Descendant of Been or Ben, pet forms of Benjamin meaning "son of my right hand".

Scotland. Gaelic, bane, white or fair, as Donald Bane, "the fair Donald;" often confused with Baines.

Surname is variant of the Bann. Banny is a known nickname of Barnabas, and this group of names is probably from the same Source. Author says Anglo-Saxon buna, a slayer.

Surname is a form of Bayne. In Scotland this name is probably in some instances a corruption of the Gaelic word "Baan," or "Bhaan" white but as the arms are bones (Scotticé banes) placed saltier-wise, it is possibly equivalent to Bane or Bone.

The variant form of the Bean. A Scotch abbreviation of Benjamin.

Variant form of Bene. See Bean - A Scotch abbreviation of Benjamin.

How popular is Bane?

Bane is common in India, United States, Senegal, Mali, Ethiopia, Indonesia, England, Chad, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Togo, Tanzania, Cameroon, Iran, Ivory Coast, Ireland, Algeria, Mauritania, Nigeria, South Africa, Albania, DR Congo.

Bane is ranked 12390 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Bane bearers increased by 0.2 per cent in 2010 US census to 5591 since 2000, the surname slipped by 427 spots and ranked at 6127. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.34 92.69
Black 2.84 2.9
Hispanic or Latino 1.84 1.29
Others 1.38 1.15
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8 1.24
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.79 0.73
Bane is quite popular family name mostly used in India however Senegal is ahead in terms of density. Around 45339 people have been found who wears Bane as their family name. Bane is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Bane:
2,555 India21,502
Countries with thousands of Bane:
6,036 United States7,272
231 Senegal3,758
382 Mali2,775
5,024 Ethiopia2,093
Countries with hundreds of Bane:
17,828 Indonesia713
9,435 England646
2,818 Chad578
28,349 Philippines578
1,494 Papua New Guinea530
3,854 Togo525
10,757 Tanzania474
6,035 Cameroon452
15,703 Iran399
3,731 Ivory Coast356
1,605 Ireland346
16,503 Algeria334
1,475 Mauritania262
34,148 Nigeria235
25,748 South Africa213
3,888 Albania126
47,292 DR Congo116
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,526 Latvia88
4,738 Lesotho87
43,418 Canada72
110,007 France68
37,357 Australia55
3,496 Taiwan51
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
8,388 Botswana50
1,026 Guinea50
5,907 Qatar41
17,909 Sweden38
24,879 Benin34
14,963 Niger32
50,921 Greece30
217,805 Russia30
174,290 Brazil28
140,707 Germany27
6,317 Solomon Islands18
5,218 Tunisia17
24,643 New Zealand16
13,576 Wales14
73,030 Netherlands13
18,211 Singapore13
22,440 Serbia11
27,512 United Arab Emirates11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
32,607 Saudi Arabia9
21,487 Afghanistan8
92,692 Belgium8
63,315 Switzerland8
476,604 Thailand8
178,634 Argentina7
17,588 Burkina Faso7
150,293 Malaysia7
84,222 Pakistan7
100,283 Spain6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Bane was 22 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on March 2, 1849. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as workman and took Arrick from Galway. James Bane, aged 28, Patrick Bane, aged 20, Workwoman Mary Bane, Servant Patrick Bane, 22 years old Catherine Bane, John Bane (10) Servant, Mary Bane, 6 years old Bridgt. Bane, and 12 other Bane around 57.14% of whom were workman while others worked as servant migrated to US.

From Germany

Christoph Bane worked as tailor and hailed from Hessen. 22 years old embarked for Illinois from Bremen on Von Stein and arrived on December 26, 1855. Andreas Bane, aged 36, 26 years old Herm. Bane, Rosonen Bane, Guiseppe Bane, aged 25, Merchant Eugene Bane, are other Bane that migrated to US from Bremen & Southampton, Hamburg and Liverpool & Queenstown.

Bane Namesakes

  • James Bane, was Bishop of St
  • Lazlo Bane, alternative rock band
  • Honey Bane, English singer and actress
  • Winter's Bane, heavy/power metal band, formed in 1990

Bane Namesakes

  • James Bane, was Bishop of St
  • Lazlo Bane, alternative rock band
  • Honey Bane, English singer and actress
  • Winter's Bane, heavy/power metal band, formed in 1990

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