Bănica

Name: Bănica: recorded bearers, distribution and rank
Creator: Mondonomo
Published: 2026-10-10

surname · Latin script

Bănica is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Romania than in any other country.

rarermore common

RORomania≈1 in 4K(inferred from the name graph)
ESSpain1 in 165K
ITItaly≈1 in 271K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

: Romania (inferred from the name graph)
Sources: 62 (measured from records)
: ≈1 in 4.0K (inferred from the name graph)

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Banica in RO Romania, ES Spain, US United States and 3 more.

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

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Bănica 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.

Where Bănica is recorded, by country
Country					Most common spelling	Sources
RO Romania	#351	≈5,300 est.	≈1 in 4K	—	Banica	62
ES Spain	—	303	1 in 165K	303	Banica	20
IT Italy	—	≈230 est.	≈1 in 271K	—	Banica	11
US United States	—	≈76 est.	≈1 in 4.4M	listed	Banica	45
GB United Kingdom	—	≈44 est.	≈1 in 1.5M	—	Banica	30
CH Switzerland	—	24	1 in 350K	24	Banica	8
EE Estonia	—	≈2 est.	≈1 in 701K	listed	—	1

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: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Bănica is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

French surname4 spellings in the group
Most recorded in France, Belgium, United States, Canada
Also written Banica, Bănică
English surname9 spellings in the group
Most recorded in United States, Germany, Romania, United Kingdom
Languages: English, German, Dutch
Also written Banica, Bànicà, Bǎnicǎ, Bănică
Hindi surname6 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Romania, United States
Also written Banica, Bànicà, Bänicä, Bănică

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 1 sources across 0 countries.

Reference works 1

Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Bănica have the most bearers?: Mondonomo estimates about 5.3 thousand people named Bănica in Romania, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled banica.
How common is the name Bănica?: In Spain, the national register counted 303 people named Bănica, about 1 in 165 thousand residents.
How common is Bănica compared with other names?: In Romania, Bănica is the 351st most common surname of 78,699 surnames recorded there.

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Query this name via API

curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/b%C4%83nica

The payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.

About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of 2026-10-10 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, “Bănica” — the 351st most common surname in Romania. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)