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bania Name Meaning and History

Polish: from bania ‘gourd’, ‘globe’, ‘round, bulging object’, probably applied as a nickname for a small fat man.

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Distribution of bania Families in the US in 1920
Number of bania families
 5-7
 2-4
 1
 0
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