Balaha Surname
Approximately 1,845 people bear this surname
Balaha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 1,708 | 1:53,827 | 5,185 |
| Indonesia | 68 | 1:1,944,841 | 122,869 |
| Cameroon | 32 | 1:649,033 | 48,340 |
| Ukraine | 7 | 1:6,503,242 | 257,739 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Balaha (41) may also be a first name.
Balaha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balaha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Balaha (Arabic: بلحه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻼﻩ, Marathi: बलहा) occurs in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Balaha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 221,215th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 3,949,889 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Balaha reside; 93 percent reside in North Africa and 93 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. Balaha is also the 1,590,275th most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 41 people.
The last name Balaha is most widely held in Egypt, where it is held by 1,708 people, or 1 in 53,827. Apart from Egypt Balaha occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 4 percent live and Cameroon, where 2 percent live.
Balaha Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Balaha has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Balaha surname declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Balaha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Balaha in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻼﻩ | blah | - |
| Balaha in the Marathi language | ||
| बलहा | balaha | 66.67 |
| बाळहा | balaha | 33.33 |
| Balaha in the Arabic language | ||
| بلحه | blhh | - |
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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 Balaha
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