Family name Bannière (Banner 
, Bannière 
) , globally, is a common last name. The cognomen Bannière is characteristic of Belize, where it is quite a common surname, Fiji, where it is quite a rare surname, and Jamaica. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. Much less frequently, Bannière is the forename as well as the last name.