The Banville surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 663 people carried this name — #34,223 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted. That is down 2% from 677 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Banville surname
French and Irish surname of Norman origin, from Banville in Calvados, from Old French Baanvillam; the second element is ville (“settlement”) but the first is uncertain, perhaps a personal name of Germanic origin (compare *bannan (“to proclaim”)). This surname is mostly found in Canada.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Banville» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 134 people named Banville.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Banville.
- Bano 1,069 · U.S. census
- Banos 2,455 · U.S. census
- Bans 105 · U.S. census
- Banse 375 · U.S. census
- Bant 139 · U.S. census
- Banton 2,307 · U.S. census
- Bany 176 · U.S. census
- Banzet 166 · U.S. census
- Bapst 276 · U.S. census
- Baptista 3,621 · U.S. census
- Baptiste 8,915 · U.S. census
- Baque 278 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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