Last name???????????

if you heard that somebody has the last name Banker what ethnicity would you guess that that person is just by the sound of their last name?

Last name???????????
Classic trick question over here.


Names do NOT reliably indicate nationality or ethnic background.


True story from just this morning... my little neighborhood store, Swami's (yes) run by mom and pop. Mom is from India..Dad from Pakistan. I affectionately calll him Swami. When we got to talking this morning, I finally learned his real name, which is Robert Fernandes. Huh? Yep. As he explained.. his ancestor went from Portugal to Pakistan during WW1.


Names are just labels.
Reply:It could have been orriginated in Europe England and neighboring countries,it dates back before the american colonization..... It was evident that the apellation was nobble. Banker was probably the people who goes to the bank and deposited valuable things. From then banker as nicknames were became more popular and so the surname Banker were carried and perpetuated.
Reply:Banker may be a shortened version of a longer name or a simpler name chosen by immigrants who felt their last name was too "ethnic".
Reply:Anglo-saxon.
Reply:sounds american but i am just guessing
Reply:I would think that person is white because of the last name banker. It is just my guess and I am not sure about this question.. you got me thinking.
Reply:If you would like to know the meanining of the last name Banker try this link for information.





http://www.winslowtree.com/surname-meani...
Reply:My guess would be originally of German origin.





Ancestry.com lists a great number immigrants with that surname from Germany -- and it sounds German.
Reply:American or English
Reply:What Ethnicity do they claim to be . Remember when Most people came here they could neither read no write . When they finely did learn to rite tha rote th wa tha herd it.


baker could be anything . Just the way most names are because if they came thru Ellis Island the people who worked there would give them new names as to how they sounded or spelled them how they sounded.


Like now I went to a swearing in of new citizens and many new people adopt names of Celebrities. When I asked a man from Africa why he chose to take a new name . He said " He is wealthy maybe his wealth will rub off on me" never mind the fact that the person had been arrested .
Reply:German


Or English/American of Saxon descent