Bánh
surname · Latin script
Meaning: a broad, vaguely defined term, mostly used by collocation or intuition, for foods that come in a specific shape or solid (a flat piece, a block, a ball, a loaf, etc.)
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ɓa˦˥n/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Bánh is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- FIFinland1 in 136K(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 138K
- DKDenmark1 in 255K
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 86 (measured from records)
- 1 in 136K (inferred from the name graph)
2,415 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Finland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Banh in US United States, NL Netherlands, SE Sweden.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a broad, vaguely defined term, mostly used by collocation or intuition, for foods that come in a specific shape or solid (a flat piece, a block, a ball, a loaf, etc.) and that are often made from grain or legume flour or plain rice, by size often larger than and contrasted with what is known as kẹo (“candy”)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Bánh counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 2,415 | 1 in 138K | 2.5K | Banh | 86 |
| FI Finland | 41 | 1 in 136K | 41 | — | — |
| NL Netherlands | 35 | 1 in 494K | 35 | Banh | 3 |
| DK Denmark | 23 | 1 in 255K | 23 | — | — |
| SE Sweden | 17 | 1 in 600K | 17 | Banh | 3 |
2,415 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Bánh come from?
- a broad, vaguely defined term, mostly used by collocation or intuition, for foods that come in a specific shape or solid (a flat piece, a block, a ball, a loaf, etc.) and that are often made from grai… Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Bánh?
- A machine transcription gives /ɓa˦˥n/ (IPA) for Vietnamese.
- What does the name Bánh mean?
- Recorded meaning: a broad, vaguely defined term, mostly used by collocation or intuition, for foods that come in a specific shape or solid (a flat piece, a block, a ball, a loaf, etc.)
- What are other forms of the name Bánh?
- In the etymology graph, Pain is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Bánh have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 2.4 thousand people named Bánh, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled banh.
- Where is Bánh most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Bánh is densest in Finland — about 1 in 136 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Bánh?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,415 people named Bánh in 2010, about 1 in 138 thousand residents.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Bánh”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.