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The Bana surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 367 people carried this name — #55,841 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is up 23% from 298 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 410 people named Bana live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 322
City of Buenos Aires 69
Córdoba 19

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 177 people named Bana.

29 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Moselle.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 29
Moselle 67
La Réunion 13
Meurthe-et-Moselle 9
Paris 8
Savoie 7
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 5
Var 5
Vaucluse 4

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

35 people named Bana live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Basel-Landschaft 10
Neuchâtel 6
Zurich 6
Bern 4
Aargau 3
Graubünden 3
Vaud 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

Who carried it

People named Bana,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Philippe Bana
    Philippe Bana 1957– · handball coach
  • Antal Bana 1928–2009 · association football referee
  • Eric Bana 1968– · actor
  • Tibor Bana 1985– · politician
  • Werenoi 1994–2025 · rapper

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).

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Surnames next to Bana.

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