Bania
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Frequency: (186)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Polish: from bania ‘gourd’, ‘globe’, ‘round, bulging object’, probably applied as a nickname for a small fat man.
GIVEN NAMES: Polish 8%. Andrzej, Casimir, Eugeniusz, Henryk, Wladyslaw.
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