Here is a list of family names which at one point lived in Banitsa. On the left is the original Macedonian version and on the right is the "Greek" version of it given to each family during the years which followed the Treaty of Bucharest.

For those unaware, the Treaty of Bucharest "divided the spoils" of Macedonia amongst the three neighbouring countries - Bulgaria, Greece, and Serbia. Amongst the worst of what was to follow happened in Greece - family names were given "Greek" versions, village names were renamed, churches were re-Christened under Greek saints, tombstones and epitaphs along with any visible signs of the Macedonian language were erased and re-written in Greek.