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banner Name Meaning and History

  1. English (Midlands): metonymic occupational name for a standard bearer, from Anglo-Norman French banere ‘flag’, ‘ensign’ (see Bannerman).
  2. German: occupational name for a standard bearer, Middle High German banier, Middle Low German banner, from French bannière ‘flag’, ‘standard’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the banner family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of banner Families in the US in 1920
Number of banner families
 64-126
 22-63		 1-21
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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