Banis

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

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

Banis is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 736K(measured from records)
  • NLNetherlands1 in 66K
  • DMDominica1 in 74K

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.

United States (measured from records)

452 people, 2010

Sources
188 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 66K (inferred from the name graph)

Netherlands

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin

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

Sources 1

  • Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Banis 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 Banis is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States4521 in 736K509Banis188
NL Netherlands2601 in 66K260Banis24
IN India≈110 est.≈1 in 12M1Banis12
GB United Kingdom≈97 est.≈1 in 679K—Banis22
PH Philippines≈81 est.≈1 in 1.4M—Banis8
AR Argentina721 in 632K72—1
CA Canada≈55 est.≈1 in 681K—Banis23
DM Dominica11 in 74K1——

452 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; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls); Dominica — Revised List of Electors May 2025. 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)

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

  • Spanish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, United States, Philippines, Peru

    Also written Bañis

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Baniš

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Banīs

  • Turkish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye

    Also written Baniş

  • Arabic surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Egypt, Morocco, United States, Kuwait

    Also written Banīs, Bąňïş

30 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)

Banis is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Galician, second-person plural present indicative of banir

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

  • In tpi, fence; enclosure; cage

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

  • In Esperanto, past of bani

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

  • In Latvian, Divnieks (atzīme skolā)

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

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 Banis,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 25 sources across 15 countries.

Official registers attesting Banis
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020509#45,303
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000506#40,690
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010452#47,006
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)2007260#7,966
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—72—
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—6#177,502
DM DominicaDominica — Revised List of Electors May 202520251#226
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 5

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 Banis?
A machine transcription gives /ˈbænɪs/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Banis have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 452 people named Banis, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled banis.
Where is Banis most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Banis is densest in the Netherlands — about 1 in 66 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Banis?
In the United States, the national register counted 452 people named Banis in 2010, about 1 in 736 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, “Banis”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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