The Bankston surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,101 people carried this name — #4,953 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 41,500 people counted. That is up 5% from 6,736 in 2000.

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In print

Bankston in American newspapers,
1892–1921.

Newspaper page from The Washington Herald carrying the name Bankston
The Washington Herald 1921-04-07
Newspaper page from Las Vegas Free Press carrying the name Bankston
Las Vegas Free Press 1892-07-27
Newspaper page from Golden Valley Chronicle carrying the name Bankston
Golden Valley Chronicle 1914-07-31

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,777 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Bankston,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Tim Bankston d. 2026 · basketball player
  • Jesse Bankston 1907–2010 · businessperson
  • Keith Bankston 1958–1992 · painter
  • Caleb Bankston 1987–2014 · reality television participant

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Bankston,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States348 records

348 records of the Bankston name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 230
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 107
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Glenn E. Bankston

    Born 1926 in Texas. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Sam Houston; sales clerk from Mason County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Tow Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Frank W. Bankston

    Born 1932; from Los Angeles County, California. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Theodore C. Bankston

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1888, died 1954; buried at Baton Rouge National Cemetery, Louisiana.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 348 records for Bankston in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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