Balas Surname
Approximately 21,925 people bear this surname
Balas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 7,764 | 1:98,798 | 6,490 |
| Romania | 3,146 | 1:6,382 | 855 |
| United States | 1,777 | 1:203,972 | 20,029 |
| Israel | 1,507 | 1:5,679 | 856 |
| Philippines | 1,450 | 1:69,819 | 11,989 |
| Poland | 1,168 | 1:32,542 | 5,007 |
| France | 612 | 1:108,534 | 16,142 |
| Greece | 560 | 1:19,785 | 2,880 |
| Ukraine | 523 | 1:87,041 | 12,491 |
| Spain | 384 | 1:121,750 | 9,451 |
| Algeria | 281 | 1:137,479 | 18,596 |
| Ecuador | 218 | 1:72,963 | 5,497 |
| Brazil | 181 | 1:1,182,731 | 40,970 |
| Canada | 170 | 1:216,739 | 20,919 |
| Kuwait | 154 | 1:24,680 | 3,145 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Turkey | 143 | 1:544,206 | 30,161 |
| Portugal | 113 | 1:92,197 | 4,545 |
| Mexico | 113 | 1:1,098,462 | 13,844 |
| United Arab Emirates | 109 | 1:84,058 | 7,655 |
| Russia | 93 | 1:1,549,710 | 104,953 |
| Nigeria | 86 | 1:2,059,800 | 71,823 |
| Iraq | 84 | 1:416,924 | 7,373 |
| Argentina | 78 | 1:547,992 | 39,725 |
| Croatia | 77 | 1:54,917 | 10,403 |
| Germany | 75 | 1:1,073,406 | 72,288 |
| Palestine | 74 | 1:61,471 | 5,647 |
| Belgium | 64 | 1:179,635 | 24,162 |
| Slovenia | 63 | 1:39,487 | 7,291 |
| Austria | 60 | 1:141,924 | 19,117 |
| Latvia | 50 | 1:41,001 | 6,251 |
| Moldova | 46 | 1:77,421 | 10,022 |
| Papua New Guinea | 43 | 1:189,621 | 26,314 |
| Australia | 42 | 1:642,755 | 44,739 |
| Indonesia | 40 | 1:3,306,230 | 179,945 |
| Uruguay | 39 | 1:87,994 | 8,905 |
| Jordan | 34 | 1:260,072 | 10,522 |
| Venezuela | 27 | 1:1,118,670 | 16,331 |
| Hungary | 23 | 1:426,795 | 28,704 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| England | 22 | 1:2,532,639 | 91,802 |
| Switzerland | 22 | 1:373,314 | 28,226 |
| Czechia | 19 | 1:559,656 | 56,138 |
| Sweden | 19 | 1:518,250 | 37,550 |
| Taiwan | 18 | 1:1,302,486 | 8,817 |
| Norway | 17 | 1:302,487 | 30,120 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Kazakhstan | 13 | 1:1,360,192 | 71,840 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Azerbaijan | 11 | 1:877,193 | 13,780 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Albania | 7 | 1:416,294 | 17,617 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Peru | 6 | 1:5,297,354 | 36,458 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
The alternate forms: Balaš (621), Balás (410), Balaş (370), Balaș (239), Balaś (4), Bãlas (1), Balàs (1), Baláš (305), Bălaş (238) & Bălaș (42) are calculated separately.
Balas (1,582) may also be a first name.
Balas Demographics
Average Male Balas Height
175.97 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Balas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Balas (Hindi: बलास, Marathi: बालस, Oriya: ବଳାସ, Russian: Балас) is found most in India. It can also be rendered as a variant: Balaš, Balás, Balaş, Balaș, Balaś, Bãlas, Balàs, Baláš, Bălaş or Bălaș. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Balas? popularity and diffusion
It is the 24,639th most frequently held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 332,385 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 52 percent of Balas are found; 35 percent are found in South Asia and 35 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 194,449th most frequently used forename worldwide, held by 1,582 people.
The last name Balas is most frequently occurring in India, where it is held by 7,764 people, or 1 in 98,798. In India Balas is primarily concentrated in: Gujarat, where 82 percent live, Haryana, where 16 percent live and Punjab, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account India this surname occurs in 95 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 14 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.
Balas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Balas has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Balas surname expanded 17,770 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Balas Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (85%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Balas surname are 5.74% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 52.51% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Balas earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 29.18% more than the national average, earning 447,074 kr per year; in Peru they earn 63.62% less than the national average, earning S/. 7,052 per year; in South Africa they earn 1570.13% more than the national average, earning R 3,968,860 per year; in United States they earn 6.77% more than the national average, earning $46,069 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.76% more than the national average, earning $50,059 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Balas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Balas in the Hindi language | ||
| बलास | balasa | 97.28 |
| बालासा | balasa | 1.14 |
| बालस | balasa | 0.43 |
| बालाशा | balasa | 0.29 |
| बेलास | belasa | 0.14 |
| बालास् | balas | 0.14 |
| बलस | balasa | 0.14 |
| बालास | balasa | 0.14 |
| बलश | balasa | 0.14 |
| विलास | vilasa | 0.14 |
| Balas in the Oriya language | ||
| ବଳାସ | balasa | 35.29 |
| ବଲସ | balasa | 23.53 |
| ବାଲସ | balasa | 11.76 |
| ବଲାସ | balasa | 8.82 |
| ବଳସ | balasa | 5.88 |
| ବାଳାସ | balasa | 5.88 |
| ବାଲାସ | balasa | 5.88 |
| ବଲାସତାି | balasatai | 2.94 |
| Balas in the Marathi language | ||
| बालस | balasa | 7.72 |
| बाळास | balasa | 5.79 |
| बाळासो़ | balaso | 2.25 |
| बाळस | balasa | 1.29 |
| बालास | balasa | 0.96 |
| बाळासो | balaso | 0.96 |
| बलस | balasa | 0.96 |
| बलास | balasa | 0.64 |
| बाबासो | babaso | 0.64 |
| बाळसे़ | balase | 0.64 |
| बळस | balasa | 0.32 |
| बळी | bali | 0.32 |
| Balas in the Russian language | ||
| Балас | balas | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Balas
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