Balast Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Balast Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Balast Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balast Come From? nationality or country of origin
Balast (Hindi: बलस्ट, Russian: Баласт) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Balast? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,812,366th most commonly used last name on earth, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 73 percent of Balast live; 73 percent live in South Asia and 73 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
This last name is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 95,883,173. In India Balast is primarily concentrated in: Haryana, where 50 percent live and Telangana, where 50 percent live. Not including India this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 18 percent live and Croatia, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Balast Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Balast in the Hindi language | ||
| बलस्ट | balasta | - |
| Balast in the Russian language | ||
| Баласт | balast | - |
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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 Balast
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