Banan

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Derivative of ban, ‘white’

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/bənɑn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

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

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 57K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 2.8M
  • MAMorocco≈1 in 60K

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.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,900 people, est.

Sources
96 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 57K (inferred from the name graph)

Philippines, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivative of ban, ‘white’. An early name.

Sources 1

  • Irish first names

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Banan 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 Banan is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines≈1,900 est.≈1 in 57K—Banan27
MA Morocco≈590 est.≈1 in 60K—Banan22
EG Egypt≈240 est.≈1 in 426K—Banan29
KE Kenya≈220 est.≈1 in 246K—Banan4
JO Jordan≈130 est.≈1 in 86K—Banan37
US United States1201 in 2.8M126Banan96
SY Syria≈89 est.≈1 in 217K—Banan16
SE Sweden≈89 est.≈1 in 115K28Banan13

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; 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).

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

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

  • Spanish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Honduras, Argentina

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Bañan, Bäňãņ, Banán, Bāñāñ

  • Swedish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, Sweden, United States, Norway

    Languages: Swedish, Norwegian

    Also written Bánán, Båņąņ

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Bānān, Banān

41 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Banan 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.

  • Derivative of ban, ‘white’. Shakespeare’s Banquo in Macbeth is another derivative of this word.

    as a nameIrish first names

  • In Arabic, fingertips

    as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names

  • In Bambara, kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Esperanto, accusative singular of bana

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Galician, inflection of banir:

    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)

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)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 26 sources across 12 countries.

Official registers attesting Banan
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020126#137,553
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010120#139,228
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 4

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

Where does the name Banan come from?
Derivative of ban, ‘white’. An early name. Recorded by Irish first names.
How do you pronounce Banan?
A machine transcription gives /bənɑn/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Banan mean?
Recorded meaning: Derivative of ban, ‘white’.
In which country does Banan have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.9 thousand people named Banan in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled banan.
How common is the name Banan?
In the United States, the national register counted 120 people named Banan in 2010, about 1 in 2.8 million 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, “Banan”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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