Banko
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈbæŋkoʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Banko is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 347K(measured from records)
- SISlovenia1 in 9.1K
- HRCroatia1 in 9.8K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 212 (measured from records)
- 1 in 9.1K (inferred from the name graph)
958 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Slovenia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Banko counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 958 | 1 in 347K | 1K | Banko | 212 |
| HR Croatia | 430 | 1 in 9.8K | 430 | — | 1 |
| DE Germany | ≈390 est. | ≈1 in 204K | — | Banko | 54 |
| SI Slovenia | 232 | 1 in 9.1K | 232 | — | 5 |
| PL Poland | 185 | 1 in 207K | 98 | Banko | 2 |
| HU Hungary | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 62K | — | Banko | 37 |
| PS Palestine | ≈46 est. | ≈1 in 105K | — | Banko | 2 |
958 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Banko is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Esperanto, bank (institution where money and valuables are held for safekeeping)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In io, bank (place where money and valuables are held for safekeeping)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Slovenian, accusative singular of bánka
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Lithuanian, genitive singular of bankas
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latvian, Hamburgas bankas 1619.-1813. g. apgrozībā ieviesta bankas norēķinu nauda, kuras vērtība bija 8 un 1/3 grama tīra sudraba
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
In Latvian, Cena vai kurss, pēc kura banka pārdod vai pērk vērtspapīrus
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Kryspin Bankob. 1955PLPolish Catholic clergyman
- Jennifer Banko-Stewartb. 1978USactress
- Nicholas Bankob. 1980USAmerican actor
- Lauren Bankohistorian
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 27 sources across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1K | #23,480 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 963 | #26,649 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 958 | #25,725 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form) | 2021 | 430 | #1,725 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021) | 2021 | 378 | — |
| SI Slovenia | stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank) | — | 232 | #1,805 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 69 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 69 | #39,674 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 66 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 66 | #40,547 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Banko?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈbæŋkoʊ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Banko have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 958 people named Banko, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled banko.
- Where is Banko most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Banko is densest in Slovenia — about 1 in 9.1 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Banko?
- In the United States, the national register counted 958 people named Banko in 2010, about 1 in 347 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Banko?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/bankoThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Banko”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.