Balanta Surname
Approximately 15,810 people bear this surname
Balanta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 14,501 | 1:3,295 | 567 |
| Philippines | 609 | 1:166,237 | 27,191 |
| Venezuela | 219 | 1:137,918 | 4,406 |
| Spain | 159 | 1:294,038 | 17,827 |
| India | 87 | 1:8,816,843 | 179,063 |
| United States | 80 | 1:4,530,737 | 237,840 |
| Ecuador | 48 | 1:331,372 | 9,295 |
| Panama | 31 | 1:126,202 | 4,409 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 6 | 1:227,329 | 10,175 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 1:1,195,017 | 6,919 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Balanta (220) may also be a first name.
Balanta Demographics
Average Male Balanta Height
174.33 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Balanta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balanta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Balanta (Bengali: বলন্ত, Hindi: बलन्ता, Marathi: बळांता, Oriya: ବଲ) is most common in Colombia. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Balanta? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 33,578th most commonly used last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 460,945 people. The last name Balanta is mostly found in The Americas, where 94 percent of Balanta are found; 93 percent are found in South America and 93 percent are found in Caribbean South America. Balanta is also the 608,246th most frequent first name in the world, held by 220 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Colombia, where it is held by 14,501 people, or 1 in 3,295. In Colombia Balanta is most numerous in: Valle del Cauca Department, where 46 percent are found, Cauca Department, where 42 percent are found and Capital District, where 3 percent are found. Aside from Colombia Balanta occurs in 25 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 4 percent are found and Venezuela, where 1 percent are found.
Balanta Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Balanta surname are 24.55% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 77.78% being registered with the party.
The amount Balanta earn in different countries varies notably. In Colombia they earn 5.54% less than the national average, earning $21,444,000 COP per year and in United States they earn 27.17% less than the national average, earning $31,424 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Balanta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Balanta in the Bengali language | ||
| বলন্ত | balanta | - |
| Balanta in the Marathi language | ||
| बळांता | balanta | 66.67 |
| बलंता | balanta | 33.33 |
| Balanta in the Hindi language | ||
| बलन्ता | balanta | 50 |
| बलान्ता | balanta | 33.33 |
| बलंता | balanta | 16.67 |
| Balanta in the Oriya language | ||
| ବଲ | bala | 25 |
| ଭତ'ା | bhata'a | 25 |
| ବଳ | bala | 25 |
| ବଲା | bala | 25 |
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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 Balanta
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