Last Name BANNISTER

Summary/Contribute


Meaning A balister ('l' becoming 'n'). At the same time the name could be local and represent a personal name now forgotten.
The keeper of a bath; from the French 6am, a bath.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish

Rank 4,019 (2000 US census) 3,381 (1990 US census)
Count 8,110 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 71.1%, or 5766 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 23.05%, or 1869 total occurrences, as black,
  • 1.41%, or 114 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.27%, or 22 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2%, or 162 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 2.18%, or 177 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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