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Frequency: (315)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a maker of hoops and bands, etc., from Middle English band, bond, Middle High German, Middle Low German bant, German Band denoting something used for tying or binding: ‘hoop’, ‘metal band’, ‘fetter’, ‘shackle’.
2. Old spelling of the Dutch cognates Bant, Bande, from Middle Dutch bant ‘band’.
GIVEN NAMES: Jewish 4%. Hyman, Isidor, Myer.
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