Banister is used as a family name or surname in Old English. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Banister
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Old English
Meaning: Perhaps originally from Bainster, one who kept a bath. Or from Old English and Old French bain, a bath.

How popular is Banister?

Banister is common in United States.

Banister is ranked 78417 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Banister bearers increased by 2.346041 per cent in 2010 US census to 3141 since 2000, the surname slipped by 548 spots and ranked at 10260. The last name was found in around 11 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 84.34 85.76
Black 10.28 9.84
Hispanic or Latino 2.29 1.82
Others 2.04 1.3
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.6 0.85
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.45 0.42
Banister is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Åland is ahead in terms of density. Around 5620 people have been found who wears Banister as their family name. Banister is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
38,459 New Zealand7
112,145 Spain7
9,949 Trinidad and Tobago6
1,219,338 India3
3,818 Zambia3
5,936 Bahrain2
10,267 Sri Lanka2
931 Sierra Leone2
14,618 Guyana1
2,613 The Bahamas1
36,814 Romania1
408 Åland1
846 American Samoa1
2,190 Barbados1
2,505 Congo1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
277,603 France1
3,586 Honduras1
16,640 Hong Kong1
49,529 Israel1
56,169 Mexico1
9,591 Panama1
66,560 Philippines1
17,768 Pakistan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,780 Scotland46
Countries with hundreds of Banister:
8,103 England828
6,777 Australia425
25,955 South Africa219
19,932 Canada179
71,225 Germany134
Countries with thousands of Banister:
9,781 United States3,741
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Hugh Banister worked as farmer and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 30 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Wm. H. Harbeck and arrived on March 20, 1850. Immigrant J. Banister, Immigrant Mary Banister, Hugh Banister, are others that migrated to US.

Banister Namesakes

  • John Banister, Botanist
  • Jeff Banister, Baseball player
  • Jeff Banister, Baseball player
  • Scott Banister, Entrepreneur
  • Guy Banister, Private investigator
  • Sir Banister Fletcher, Architect
  • Guy Banister, Private investigator
  • Jeff Banister, Baseball player
  • Guy Banister, Private investigator
  • Jeff Banister, Baseball player

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