Find out how popular the last name Bannick is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Bannick.

Bannick, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Bannick surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Bannick in America

Bannick is the 53667th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Bannick surname appeared 385 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Bannick.

We can also compare 2010 data for Bannick to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Bannick

The surname Bannick is believed to have originated in the region of Saxony in Germany during the medieval period, likely around the 13th or 14th century. It is thought to have derived from the Old German word "bannick," which referred to a person who lived near a bend or curve in a river or stream.

In its earliest recorded forms, the name appeared as "Bannick" and "Bannike" in various medieval records and documents from the region. There are references to individuals with this surname in some of the earliest surviving parish registers and tax records from towns and villages in Saxony.

One of the earliest known individuals with this surname was Hans Bannick, a farmer who lived in the village of Zittau, Saxony, in the late 15th century. Another notable early bearer of the name was Gerhard Bannick, a merchant from Leipzig who was mentioned in city records from the early 16th century.

The name Bannick is also associated with several place names in the region, such as Bannickendorf and Bannickenmühle, which likely originated from the surname itself or from the same root word that gave rise to the surname.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, as migration and immigration became more common, the surname Bannick began to spread beyond its original regional boundaries in Saxony. Johann Bannick (1645-1711), a Lutheran pastor from Dresden, is one example of an individual who carried the name to other parts of Germany during this period.

As the name traveled, it underwent various spelling variations, including Banneke, Bannig, and Bannike, reflecting the influence of local dialects and scribal practices. Despite these variations, the core form of the name remained recognizable.

Other notable individuals with the surname Bannick include Friedrich Bannick (1767-1838), a German composer and organist from Halberstadt, and Wilhelm Bannick (1810-1878), a prominent lawyer and politician from Hamburg who served in the Prussian House of Representatives.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Bannick

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Bannick.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Bannick was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Bannick has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Bannick was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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