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The BANNERMAN surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,591 16602 0.001 6
United States (1880 census) 287 14751 0.001 6
Change since 1880 +1304 -1851 0 0
Other Countries
Australia 488 3293 0.003 30
United Kingdom 1,114 4814 0.002 24
Top States for BANNERMAN by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
North Carolina 303 3662 0.004 38
California 134 19652 0.000 4
New York 121 17266 0.001 6
Florida 110 17235 0.001 7
Michigan 94 14965 0.001 9
Top States for BANNERMAN by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
North Carolina 303 3662 0.004 38
Maryland 86 7449 0.002 16
Washington DC 9 6300 0.002 16
Delaware 12 11831 0.002 15
Alabama 51 7910 0.001 11

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called BANNERMAN live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called BANNERMAN represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called BANNERMAN in North Carolina than any other state, but you are more likely to find a BANNERMAN by picking someone at random in North Carolina than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of BANNERMAN

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Scotland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Occupational Name

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the BANNERMAN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the BANNERMAN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of BANNERMAN in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 775 48.71
Black/African American 773 48.59
Mixed Race 23 1.45
White (Hispanic) 12 0.75
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the BANNERMAN surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of BANNERMAN in historical publications

A name of office in Scotland borne by the king's standard-bearer.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


BANNERMAN. As early as the days of Malcolm IV. and William the Lion, the office of king's standard-bearer was hereditary in Scotland, and gave name to the family. The armorial coat refers to the name and office, being " a banner displayed arg. ; on a canton azure, St. Andrew's Cross."

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to BANNERMAN

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as BANNERMAN.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for BANNERMAN

The following words are slight variants of BANNERMAN that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.