Banks

See also: bänks, and banks

English

Etymology 1

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Alternative forms

• Bangs

Proper noun

Banks (countable and uncountable, plural Bankses)

1. An 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.

2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A town in Pike County, Alabama.
   2. A town in Bradley County, Arkansas.
   3. A census-designated place in Boise County, Idaho.
   4. A township in Fayette County, Iowa.
   5. A township in Antrim County, Michigan.
   6. A city in Washington County, Oregon.
   7. A township in Carbon County, Pennsylvania.
   8. A township in Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
3. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
4. A small village in Burtholme parish, Carlisle district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5664).
5. A large village in North Meols parish, West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3920).
6. An electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Derived terms

• Banks County
• Banks Island
• Banks Islands
• Banksian
• Banks Peninsula
• Bankstown

Statistics

• 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.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Banks

1. plural of Bank

Anagrams

• Knabs, knabs, nabks