Balaca Surname
Approximately 2,244 people bear this surname
Balaca Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 1,775 | 1:15,205 | 1,826 |
| Philippines | 390 | 1:259,585 | 38,445 |
| Romania | 26 | 1:772,226 | 51,408 |
| Turkey | 22 | 1:3,537,337 | 93,247 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Taiwan | 8 | 1:2,930,593 | 17,989 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 1:2,412,280 | 25,948 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Balaca (247) may also be a first name.
Balaca Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balaca Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Balaca is found most frequently in Angola. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Balaca click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Balaca? popularity and diffusion
The last name Balaca is the 188,427th most commonly occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 3,247,569 people. The last name Balaca is predominantly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Balaca reside; 79 percent reside in Southern Africa and 79 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 567,531st most frequently held forename worldwide, borne by 247 people.
The last name Balaca is most frequently occurring in Angola, where it is borne by 1,775 people, or 1 in 15,205. Excluding Angola this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 17 percent live and Romania, where 1 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Balaca
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