Bannerman
surname · Latin script
Meaning: First recorded in 1368 for David II's doctor
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈbænɝmən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Bannerman is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- AUAustralia≈1 in 48K(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 66K
- CACanada≈1 in 75K
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)
- Sources
- 263 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 26K (inferred from the name graph)
1,719 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Ghana, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
First recorded in 1368 for David II's doctor. Likely an occupational name for a maker or painter of banners; long linked with north of Aberdeen.
Sources 1
- Scottish Surnames
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Bannerman 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 1,719 | 1 in 194K | 1.7K | Bannerman | 263 |
| GH Ghana | #817 | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 26K | — | Bannerman | 44 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 66K | listed | Bannerman | 133 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈530 est. | ≈1 in 48K | — | Bannerman | 103 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈500 est. | ≈1 in 75K | — | Bannerman | 92 |
| IE Ireland | — | ≈81 est. | ≈1 in 64K | — | Bannerman | 13 |
1,719 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; the reaney-english-surnames-1991 register. 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)
Bannerman 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 English, Scottish: standard-bearer, ensign; first attested Dovinaldus Banerman 1368 Black
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In English, Dovinaldus Banerman 1368 Black. A Scottish name, ‘standard-bearer, ensign’ (1450 MED).
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In English, A person assigned to carry the colours, standards or guidons of a military unit.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, ‘standard-bearer’
as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
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)
- Anne Bannermanb. 1765GBBritish poet (1765–1829)
- Charles Bannermanb. 1851AUAustralian cricketer (1851-1930)
- Alick Bannermanb. 1854AUAustralian cricketer (1854-1924)
- Helen Bannermanb. 1862GBScottish author of children's books (1862–1946)
- Ronald Bannermanb. 1890NZNew Zealand flying ace
- Margaret Bannermanb. 1896CACanadian actress (1896–1976)
- Celia Bannermanb. 1944English actress
- David Campbell Bannermanb. 1960GBBritish politician (born 1960)
- Marc Bannermanb. 1973IEBritish actor
- Manon Bannermanb. 2002CHSwiss singer and model
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 20 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.7K | #16,662 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.6K | #16,602 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.6K | #17,729 |
| GB United Kingdom | A Dictionary of English Surnames (Reaney & Wilson, 1991) | — | — | — |
| GB United Kingdom | Scottish Surnames (Ross, 1994) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Bannerman come from?
- First recorded in 1368 for David II's doctor. Likely an occupational name for a maker or painter of banners; long linked with north of Aberdeen. Recorded by Scottish Surnames.
- How do you pronounce Bannerman?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈbænɝmən/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Bannerman mean?
- Recorded meaning: First recorded in 1368 for David II's doctor.
- In which country does Bannerman have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 1.7 thousand people named Bannerman, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bannerman.
- How common is the name Bannerman?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,719 people named Bannerman in 2010, about 1 in 194 thousand residents.
- How common is Bannerman compared with other names?
- In Ghana, Bannerman is the 817th most common surname of 36,883 surnames recorded there.
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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, “Bannerman” — the 817th most common surname in Ghana. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.