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BANK Family History

Recorded as Banck, Bank, Banke, Banks, Bankes, and Banker, this is essentially an English surname, although recorded in other countries. It is topographical and derives from the pre 8th century Danish-Viking word "banke" meaning a ridge or hillside, and as a surname was originally to a person who lived on the slope of a hillside or by a riverbank. The final "-s" where it occurs as a suffix to a name preserves the Olde English genitive ending and means "of the bank", whilst the suffix "-er" suggests either one who worked at such a place or more likely who came from a bank of land...