Explore the Family Name Bankert

The meaning of Bankert

1. German: variant of Bangert. Compare Bankard. 2. Dutch: nickname for a banker, meaning ‘someone who likes to sit on a bench in a tavern’, hence ‘someone who likes to eat, drink, and celebrate’. 3. Dutch: habitational name from the placename Bankert in Milheeze, North Brabant.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Bankert has seen a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 21,209th most popular surname, but by 2010, its rank had dropped to 24,075, representing a 13.51 percent decline. Similarly, the count of people with the Bankert surname decreased from 1,153 in 2000 to 1,046 in 2010, a loss of 9.28 percent. The proportion of people named Bankert per 100,000 also fell by 18.6 percent over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#21,209	#24,075	-13.51%
Count	1,153	1,046	-9.28%
Proportion per 100k	0.43	0.35	-18.6%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Bankert

When considering the ethnicity associated with the surname Bankert, the Decennial U.S. Census data offers some interesting insights. Predominantly identified as White (97.23 percent in 2010), there are also individuals who identify as Hispanic (a significant increase from 0.43 percent in 2000 to 1.05 percent in 2010) and those identifying with two or more races (0.76 percent). Noticeably, there were no individuals recorded with the Bankert surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in 2010. However, there was a brief appearance of Asian/Pacific Islander identity in the 2000 data, which is not present in the 2010 dataset.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.01%	97.23%	-0.8%
Hispanic	0.43%	1.05%	144.19%
Two or More Races	0.87%	0.76%	-12.64%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.48%	0%
Black	0.43%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%