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Where Does The Last Name Balak Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Balak (Arabic: بالاك, Bengali: বালক, Georgian: ბალაკ, Hindi: बालक, Marathi: बलक, Oriya: ବାଳକ, Russian: Балак, Tibetan: བཱ་ལར་) has its highest incidence in India. It can also be rendered as a variant: Balák. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Balak? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 30,823^rd most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 420,589 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 86 percent of Balak live; 74 percent live in South Asia and 71 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Balak is also the 25,588^th most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 33,467 people.

The last name Balak is most numerous in India, where it is held by 12,296 people, or 1 in 62,383. In India Balak is primarily found in: Uttar Pradesh, where 77 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 7 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 5 percent reside. Beside India it occurs in 71 countries. It is also common in Turkey, where 7 percent reside and Poland, where 3 percent reside.

Balak Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Balak has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Balak last name grew 2,718 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Balak Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Orthodox (83%) in Russia and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Balak surname are 11.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.33% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Balak earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 6.94% more than the national average, earning R 254,136 per year; in United States they earn 15.91% more than the national average, earning $50,012 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.22% more than the national average, earning $50,788 CAD per year.