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Banks
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bänks banks
English
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Etymology 1
en
Alternative forms
en Bangs
Proper noun
~ es
en English toponymic for someone who lives near a hill or bank of land.
en 1811 William Cobbett The Parliamentary History of England Sir John being asked if he offered to put another name in his stead, he believes he did, and that Mr. Banks said, it might stand in his own name; he likewise said, he believed the colonel did not know it was the Company's stock, he having never told him it was, as he remembers.
en number of places c/USA:
en town co/Pike County s/Alabama.
en town co/Bradley County s/Arkansas.
en CDP co/Boise County s/Idaho.
en twp co/Fayette County s/Iowa.
en twp co/Antrim County s/Michigan.
en city co/Washington County s/Oregon.
en twp co/Carbon County s/Pennsylvania.
en twp co/Indiana County s/Pennsylvania.
en suburb city/Canberra terr/Australian Capital Territory c/Australia.
en small village par/Burtholme dist/Carlisle co/Cumbria cc/England OS grid ref NY5664.
en large village par/North Meols dist/West Lancashire co/Lancashire cc/England OS grid ref SD3920.
en electoral division city/Sydney state/New South Wales c/Australia.
Derived terms
en Banks County Banks Island Banks Islands Banksian Banks Peninsula Bankstown Banks' brown
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Banks is the 292nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 105,833 individuals. Banks is most common among Black or African American (54.5%) and White (39.3%) individuals.
Etymology 2
Proper noun
en proper noun form
en Bank
Anagrams
en abkns Knabs knabs nabks