from a topographic name from Middle High German or
Middle Low German ban ‘open space’, ‘public area’, or in
eastern Germany from Sorbian bahno ‘swamp’.
from a Germanic
personal name of uncertain origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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