Last Name BANKS

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Meaning	Local: At the bank, i.e. the slope or declivity in the land. Like all other local monosyllables, it takes a final 's,' perhaps the patronymic, as in Johns, Simmonds, etc.

Origin	English, Jewish, Spanish, Irish, Austrian, Belgian, Zimbabwean, South african

Rank	278 (2000 US census)	215 (1990 US census)

Count	99,294 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

41.3%, or 41008 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
54.24%, or 53857 total occurrences, as black,
0.3%, or 298 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.41%, or 407 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.28%, or 2264 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.47%, or 1460 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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