Banks

Banks

1. A English toponymic surname​ for someone who lives near a hill or bank of land.
   • 1811, William Cobbett, The Parliamentary History of England

     Sir John being asked if he offered to put another name in his stead, he believes he did, and that Mr. Banks said, it might stand in his own name; he likewise said, he believed the colonel did not know it was the Company's stock, he having never told him it was, as he remembers.

• Banks County
• Banksian

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Banks is the 292^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 105,833 individuals. Banks is most common among Black or African American (54.5%) and White (39.3%) individuals.

• Knabs, knabs, nabks