Balah Surname
Approximately 10,120 people bear this surname
Balah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 3,703 | 1:5,212 | 582 |
| Egypt | 2,288 | 1:40,182 | 4,111 |
| Yemen | 911 | 1:29,007 | 2,786 |
| Jordan | 802 | 1:11,025 | 1,986 |
| Philippines | 417 | 1:242,778 | 36,679 |
| Nigeria | 330 | 1:536,796 | 26,334 |
| Palestine | 255 | 1:17,839 | 2,977 |
| Algeria | 254 | 1:152,093 | 19,791 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| United Arab Emirates | 115 | 1:79,672 | 7,295 |
| Lebanon | 103 | 1:54,729 | 4,357 |
| France | 93 | 1:714,223 | 89,679 |
| Liberia | 76 | 1:58,007 | 5,112 |
| Pakistan | 55 | 1:3,248,071 | 25,480 |
| Malaysia | 48 | 1:614,463 | 29,648 |
| Niger | 30 | 1:639,734 | 15,675 |
| Spain | 27 | 1:1,731,557 | 49,506 |
| Canada | 27 | 1:1,364,652 | 95,501 |
| Turkey | 21 | 1:3,705,782 | 95,296 |
| Tunisia | 17 | 1:35,919 | 5,218 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Ukraine | 11 | 1:4,138,427 | 206,719 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Libya | 9 | 1:693,775 | 1,982 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Balah (639) may also be a first name.
Balah Demographics
Balah Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Balah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Balah (Arabic: بيله, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻼﻩ, Marathi: बालाह, Oriya: ବାଲହ) is most common in Syria. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Balah.
How Common Is The Last Name Balah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 50,674th most commonly used family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 720,113 people. Balah is predominantly found in Asia, where 66 percent of Balah are found; 61 percent are found in West Asia and 48 percent are found in Levant. It is also the 329,113th most commonly occurring forename worldwide, held by 639 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Syria, where it is carried by 3,703 people, or 1 in 5,212. In Syria it is primarily found in: Latakia Governorate, where 100 percent are found, Aleppo Governorate, where 0 percent are found and Deir ez-Zor Governorate, where 0 percent are found. Excluding Syria Balah occurs in 55 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 23 percent are found and Yemen, where 9 percent are found.
Balah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Sunni (82%) in Lebanon.
The amount Balah earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 52.2% less than the national average, earning $20,625 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.86% more than the national average, earning $54,580 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Balah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Balah in the Marathi language | ||
| बालाह | balaha | 80 |
| बाळह | balaha | 20 |
| Balah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻼﻩ | blah | 50 |
| ﺑﻠﺢ | blh | 50 |
| Balah in the Oriya language | ||
| ବାଲହ | balaha | 50 |
| ବଳହ | balaha | 25 |
| ବାଲଃ | balah | 25 |
| Balah in the Arabic language | ||
| بيله | bylh | - |
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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 Balah
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