Balantine Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Balantine Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Balantine Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria151:11,809,517219,567
United States81:45,307,367917,113
England31:18,572,686338,250
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England131:1,875,02858,113
Scotland111:340,29210,329
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States501:1,004,37459,252

Balantine (27) may also be a first name.

Balantine Last Name Facts

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

Balantine is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Balantine.

How Common Is The Last Name Balantine? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,373,373rd most frequently held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Balantine are found; 47 percent are found in West Africa and 44 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently occurring given name world-wide It is held by 27 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria Balantine is primarily concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 93 percent are found. Other than Nigeria it is found in 9 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 24 percent are found and England, where 9 percent are found.

Balantine Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Balantine has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 84 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 77 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 91 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Balantine Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Catholic (67%) in Ireland.

Balantine earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 56.45% less than the national average, earning $18,792 USD per year.

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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 Balantine
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