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

Balanyan (Georgian: ბალანიან, Russian: Баланян) is more frequently found in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

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

The surname is the 1,125,333^rd most numerous last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 33,895,562 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 76 percent of Balanyan live; 75 percent live in West Asia and 29 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

It is most common in Turkey, where it is carried by 62 people, or 1 in 1,255,184. In Turkey it is mostly found in: Bingol Province, where 52 percent are found, Elazig Province, where 42 percent are found and Istanbul Province, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Turkey this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Armenia, where 25 percent are found and Russia, where 22 percent are found.

Balanyan Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Orthodox (80%) in Russia and Armenian Apostolic (83%) in Lebanon.