Where Does the Banasik Surname Come From?

Behind the Banasik surname stands Banaszak, a Polish name that clerks and families wrote in more than one way. Name scholars give the meaning as “son of Banasz”.

• Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.
• The same family of names includes Banaś.
• Records show Banasik as one of the forms Banaszak took over time.

Banasik coat of arms

Arms linked to Banaszak and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Get the complete Banasik report, with a museum-style coat of arms.