Bankhead
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English
Etymology
Habitational surname from various Scottish minor places, from bank + head.
Proper noun
Bankhead (countable and uncountable, plural Bankheads)
- A surname.
- A number of places in Scotland:
- A village in Aberdeen council area, south of Dyce (OS grid ref NJ8910). [1]
- A hamlet in Aberdeenshire council area (OS grid ref NJ6608). [2]
- A western neighbourhood of Edinburgh, Edinburgh council area (OS grid ref NT1971).
- A suburban area south of Denny, Falkirk council area (OS grid ref NS8080). [3]
- A suburb of Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire council area (OS grid ref NS6161).
- A locality in Banff National Park, near Banff, Alberta, Canada.
- A neighbourhood of Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bankhead is the 9210th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3540 individuals. Bankhead is most common among Black/African American (56.55%) and White (38.11%) individuals.
References
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bankhead”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 95.