Banach
Banach is a Jewish surname of Ashkenazi origin believed to stem from the translation of the phrase "son of man", combining the Hebrew word ben and Arameic nasha. Worth mentioning is how the Sephardic surname Banache presents a variant with the -ache alternative ultima, common in other Jewish surnames such as Farache, Ayache, Nakache, Harache or Marrache.
Banach means bastard in Old Polish and in some Old Polish dialects someone clumsy. As of 2023 about 67529 Polish people carried this surname in forms: Banach, Banachewicz, Banachowicz, Banachowski, Banasz, Banaszyński, Banaszyk, Banaszuk, Banaszewski, Banaszek, Banaszak, Banasiak, Banaśkiewicz,.... All those forms are connected with Banach, as in Polish -ch suffix often transgressed to -sz or -ś/-si. Additional -wicz is a patronymic suffix. Late -ski/-cki/-dzki suffixes are connected with historical -ski reflecting Polish z nobiliary particle.
Notable people with this surname include:
- Stefan Banach, Polish mathematician
- Ed Banach, American wrestler
- Lou Banach, American wrestler
- Korneliusz Banach, Polish volleyball player
- Łukasz Banach, birth name of Norman Leto, Polish artist in the fields of painting, film, and new media
- Maurice Banach, German footballer
- Orest Banach, German-American soccer goalkeeper of Ukrainian descent
- William Banach, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly