Explore the Family Name Banach

The meaning of Banach

Polish: from a pet form of the personal name Benedykt, from Latin Benedictus (see Benedict). Some characteristic forenames: Polish Bogdan, Elzbieta, Ewa, Grazyna, Grzegorz, Jerzy, Jozef, Krzysztof, Leszek, Pawel, Piotr, Stanislaus.

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How common is the last name Banach in the United States?

According to the Popularity data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Banach was ranked 13,812 in 2000 and decreased in popularity to be ranked 14,427 by 2010, marking a change of -4.45%. The number of individuals with the Banach surname increased slightly from 2,009 in 2000 to 2,071 in 2010, a growth of 3.09%. However, the proportion of people with this surname per 100,000 individuals dropped from 0.74 in 2000 to 0.7 in 2010, a decrease of -5.41%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#13,812	#14,427	-4.45%
Count	2,009	2,071	3.09%
Proportion per 100k	0.74	0.7	-5.41%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Banach

In terms of Ethnicity, based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, in 2000 nearly all (95.92%) of those with the Banach surname identified as White, declining slightly to 95.41% in 2010. There were no individuals who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander in 2000, but by 2010, 0.53% identified as such. The percentage of those identifying as having two or more ethnicities dropped from 0.90% to 0.82% over the decade. The Hispanic population with this surname saw the most significant increase, rising from 2.04% in 2000 to 2.90% in 2010, an increase of 42.16%. Meanwhile, there were no individuals identified as American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year, and the Black population with this surname dropped to 0% in 2010 from 0.65% in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.92%	95.41%	-0.53%
Hispanic	2.04%	2.9%	42.16%
Two or More Races	0.9%	0.82%	-8.89%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.53%	0%
Black	0.65%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%