Banka
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Frequency: (158)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Polish (Bańka) and Slovak (also Baňka): nickname for a short fat man, from bańka ‘bulb’.
2. Hungarian (Bánka): see Bank.
GIVEN NAMES: Polish 13%. Casimir (2), Stanislaw (2), Henryk, Jerzy, Zbigniew.
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Oxford Dictionary of Family Names
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