Banda
loc · Latin script
Meaning: islands, sea. Pacific; lang., Africa
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/bandə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Banda is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Indonesia.
- IDIndonesia
- PEPeru
- ARArgentina
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 261 (measured from records)
no count published
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
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)
islands, sea. Pacific; lang., Africa
Sources 1
- Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Banda counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
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: Zambia top-100 surnames (surnam.es); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); RENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Banda is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Romanian, , stegar (Sur XXV).
as a nameDictionar Onomastic Rominesc
In lua, to accuse falsely, blame or lay blame on falsely, injure, slander, defame, traduce, be traitor to, be treacherous toward, vilify, bear false witness against, calumniate. Wakumbanda buibi, he accused me (falsely) of stealing.
as a wordGrammar and Dictionary of the Buluba-Lulua Language
In Basque, ( S; Foix ap. Lh .) Ref.: Alth Bot ; A . "Lavande" Alth Bot 10. "Espliego" A .
as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia
In English, A style of Mexican brass band music, emerged in the 19th century.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Romanian, definite nominative/accusative singular of bandă
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Hastings Bandab. 1898MWFirst president of Malawi
- Jaime Ramírezb. 1931CLnot in their usual nameChilean footballer (1931–2003)
- Rupiah Bandab. 1937ZM4th president of Zambia (2008–2011); 1937–2022
- Joyce Bandab. 1950MW4th President of Malawi
- Dennis Bandab. 1988ZMZambian footballer
- John Bandab. 1993MWMalawian footballer (born 1993)
- Anthony Bandab. 1993USAmerican professional baseball pitcher
- Emmanuel Bandab. 1997ZMZambian association football player
- Barbra Bandab. 2000ZMZambian association football player
- Lameck Bandab. 2001ZMZambian football player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 53 sources across 34 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZM Zambia | Zambia top-100 surnames (surnam.es) | — | 339K | #2 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 15K | #2,409 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 15K | #2,405 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 11K | #3,033 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 4.4K | #1,729 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 3.4K | #988 |
| MX Mexico | RENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset) | — | 713 | #479 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 631 | — |
| ZM Zambia | ECZ 2021 Councillor Elections — candidate results | 2021 | 137 | #2 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 6
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Ismlar.com — Uzbek given-name dictionary (meanings, gender, origin)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Banda mean, and where does it come from?
- islands, sea. Pacific; lang., Africa Recorded by Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names.
- How do you pronounce Banda?
- A machine transcription gives /bandə/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- In which country does Banda have the most bearers?
- Banda is most frequently recorded in Indonesia, where it is most often spelled banda.
What do you want to know about Banda?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/bandaThe 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 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, “Banda”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.