Explore the Family Name Bannick

The meaning of Bannick

1. Americanized or Germanized form of Polish Banik or Slovak Baník ‘miner’. 2. Americanized form of Slovenian and Slovak Banič, Croatian and Serbian Banić (see Banic). Compare Banick. 3. North German (Schleswig-Holstein): probably of Slavic origin (compare 1 above and Barnick).

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the Bannick surname has seen a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. The ranking of the surname among all surnames in the U.S fell from 49,366 in 2000 to 53,667 in 2010, marking an 8.71% drop. Likewise, the count of individuals with the Bannick surname also declined by 3.75%, from 400 in 2000 to 385 in 2010. Consequently, the proportion per 100k people decreased by 13.33%, from 0.15 in 2000 to 0.13 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#49,366	#53,667	-8.71%
Count	400	385	-3.75%
Proportion per 100k	0.15	0.13	-13.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Bannick

The ethnicity distribution for the Bannick surname shows some changes over the same period as per the Decennial U.S. Census. Those identifying as White made up the vast majority of the Bannick surname holders, but saw a small decrease of 1.28% from 95.25% in 2000 to 94.03% in 2010. Meanwhile, those identifying as Hispanic increased by 66.40%, from 1.25% to 2.08%. Additionally, there was a new occurrence of Black ethnicity in 2010 that wasn't present in 2000, now making up 1.56% of the Bannicks. Notably, no Bannicks reported being Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year, and those reporting two or more races dropped from 2.25% in 2000 to zero in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.25%	94.03%	-1.28%
Hispanic	1.25%	2.08%	66.4%
Black	0%	1.56%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	2.25%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%