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
The surname Balaha (Arabic: بلحه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻼﻩ, Marathi: बलहा) is more frequently found in Egypt than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Balaha? popularity and diffusion
The surname Balaha is the 221,215th most frequently held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 3,949,889 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Balaha reside; 93 percent reside in North Africa and 93 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 1,590,275th most common given name worldwide, borne by 41 people.
It is most frequent in Egypt, where it is borne by 1,708 people, or 1 in 53,827. Besides Egypt it occurs in 18 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 4 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 percent reside.
Balaha Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Balaha has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Balaha last name contracted 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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