Balaguer Surname
Approximately 16,905 people bear this surname
Balaguer Surname User-submission:
Balaguer is a very common Catalan surname. It may come from the Arabic, because there is a town in eastern Catalonia with the same name, which was important in Arab domination times.
Balaguer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 8,196 | 1:5,704 | 706 |
| Philippines | 4,048 | 1:25,009 | 3,364 |
| France | 1,286 | 1:51,651 | 6,781 |
| Argentina | 989 | 1:43,219 | 3,640 |
| United States | 669 | 1:541,792 | 44,882 |
| Dominican Republic | 578 | 1:18,050 | 1,232 |
| Brazil | 177 | 1:1,209,460 | 41,744 |
| Mexico | 159 | 1:780,668 | 11,502 |
| Uruguay | 129 | 1:26,603 | 3,085 |
| Cuba | 107 | 1:107,689 | 3,118 |
| Puerto Rico | 96 | 1:36,981 | 975 |
| Peru | 80 | 1:397,302 | 12,780 |
| Colombia | 77 | 1:620,442 | 7,661 |
| Venezuela | 76 | 1:397,422 | 8,235 |
| Andorra | 28 | 1:2,994 | 558 |
| Chile | 25 | 1:704,659 | 16,160 |
| England | 24 | 1:2,321,586 | 86,519 |
| Ecuador | 23 | 1:691,559 | 12,337 |
| Switzerland | 21 | 1:391,091 | 29,271 |
| Thailand | 18 | 1:3,924,352 | 328,346 |
| Netherlands | 16 | 1:1,055,448 | 66,951 |
| Germany | 15 | 1:5,367,031 | 196,901 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Paraguay | 3 | 1:2,412,249 | 13,111 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Balaguer (22) may also be a first name.
Balaguer Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Balaguer is a very common Catalan surname. It may come from the Arabic, because there is a town in eastern Catalonia with the same name, which was important in Arab domination times.
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Balaguer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balaguer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Balaguer is found most frequently in Spain. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Balaguer? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 31,566th most widely held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 431,088 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 57 percent of Balaguer live; 49 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 49 percent live in Iberian Europe. Balaguer is also the 2,301,746th most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 22 people.
It is most numerous in Spain, where it is held by 8,196 people, or 1 in 5,704. In Spain it is mostly concentrated in: Valencian Community, where 53 percent live, Catalonia, where 22 percent live and Balearic Islands, where 10 percent live. Aside from Spain this surname exists in 47 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 24 percent live and France, where 8 percent live.
Balaguer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Balaguer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Balaguer surname expanded 13,380 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 2,400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Balaguer Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Balaguer surname are 34.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 88% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Balaguer earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 264.76% more than the national average, earning S/. 70,708 per year; in Colombia they earn 7.02% less than the national average, earning $21,109,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 0.1% more than the national average, earning $43,194 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.23% less than the national average, earning $44,599 CAD per year.
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