Balalan Surname

643,972nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 471 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Balalan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Balalan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey4001:194,55414,406
Niger411:468,09812,501
Malaysia131:2,268,78789,138
Northern Cyprus71:45,5737,927
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

Balalan (36) may also be a first name.

Balalan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Balalan Come From? nationality or country of origin

Balalan (Marathi: बालालन) is found in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Balalan.

How Common Is The Last Name Balalan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 643,972nd most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 15,472,497 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 76 percent of Balalan reside; 72 percent reside in West Asia and 72 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 1,717,090th most commonly used first name at a global level It is held by 36 people.

The surname Balalan is most commonly held in Turkey, where it is held by 400 people, or 1 in 194,554. In Turkey it is primarily concentrated in: Malatya Province, where 27 percent live, Istanbul Province, where 20 percent live and Elazig Province, where 15 percent live. Aside from Turkey this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 9 percent live and Malaysia, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Balalan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Balalan in the Marathi language
बालालनbalalana-

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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 Balalan
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