Banko
Banko is a German family name first mentioned in 1335 .
Michael von Bank and Johann de Banko (von Bank) laid the foundation for the construction of the Wroclaw City Hall . This emerges from a city invoice from June 19, 1335.
The name Banko appears here for the first time , in direct connection with the Wroclaw patrician family Bank .
Origin and meaning
The name Banko perhaps could be a takeover from the Middle High German banc> Bank; Table; Court bank; Sales table <. have been. But it can also be used as an origin name for the place names Bank (North Rhine-Westphalia), Banke bei Hitzacker (Lower Saxony), Bankau (Silesia; near Danzig).
distribution
According to Geogen, 114 entries were found in Germany , which are divided into 48 different districts. Extrapolated to the total population, around 304 bearers of names can be expected. This means that the name occurs less frequently than average. (As of January 2010)
Well-known namesake
- Jennifer Banko American actress
- Julius Bankó (1871–1945), Austrian archaeologist and museologist
- Nicholas Banko American actor
- Wabanko Banko (* 1960), Congolese boxer
- Winston E. Banko (1920–2016), American ornithologist and conservationist
Foreign nobility
- W. Rys Banko
- Bankov
- Bankó