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 Balanta Salary in
United States
$31,424 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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) occurs most in Colombia. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Balanta? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 33,578th most widely held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 460,945 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 94 percent of Balanta reside; 93 percent reside in South America and 93 percent reside in Caribbean South America. Balanta is also the 608,246th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 220 people.
This surname is most numerous in Colombia, where it is carried by 14,501 people, or 1 in 3,295. In Colombia Balanta is most frequent 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. Apart from Colombia it occurs in 25 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 4 percent are found and Venezuela, where 1 percent are found.
Balanta Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Balanta are 24.55% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 77.78% being registered to vote for the political 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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