Surname Checker / Banks
How Common Is the Last Name Banks?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Banks today
117,181
Ranked #292 of 162,254 published surnames · 35.88 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 105,833 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
39.27%
Black
54.51%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.36%
Hispanic
2.45%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.