Banati

surname · Latin script

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 4 countries · latest register: BFS, 2024

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

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

rarermore common
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 2.8M(measured from records)
  • INIndia1 in 28M

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.

India (measured from records)

48 people

Record sources
15 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

1 in 2.8M (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

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

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Banati 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 Banati is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IN India481 in 28M48Banati11
CH Switzerland31 in 2.8M3—1
PH Philippines———Banati4
US United States——listedBanati15
AU Australia———Banati13
MY Malaysia———Banati7
NG Nigeria———Banati4

48 people counted by Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. 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: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; 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)

Banati is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Bánáti

  • Hungarian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary

    Also written Bánáti, Bànàti

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Bánáti

  • Arabic surname14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Algeria, Morocco, Egypt

    Also written Bãnàtï, Bāñáťî, Bãnãtį, Bānātï, Banatï

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, India, Argentina

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Bañati, Bánáti

28 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)

Banati is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Cebuano, the orange jessamine (Murraya paniculata); a tropical, evergreen plant native to Southeast Asia and China

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

  • In Basque, ( Lar , Hb ). "Especial, banatia, berezia " Lar . "Particular, especial" Ib. . "Singulier" Lh . [Kataluniatarrak] guk baiño lan geiago egiten dabe biztuteko barriz euren izkera banatia. Ag Ioan 117.

    as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia

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.

How to address them

(machine-generated)
FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence

(measured from records)

6 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 4 countries.

Reference works 1

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007

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

How do you pronounce Banati?
A machine transcription gives /bənɑti/ (IPA) for Hindi.
In which country does Banati have the most bearers?
In India, the national register counted about 48 people named Banati, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled banati.
Where is Banati most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Banati is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 2.8 million people — even though India holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Banati?
In India, the national register counted 48 people named Banati, about 1 in 28 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, “Banati”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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