Balaño Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Ecuador

Balaño Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Balaño Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210

The alternate forms: Balano (3,195) are calculated separately.

Balaño Last Name Facts

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

The surname Balaño is held by more people in Colombia than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Balano. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Balaño? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,117,718th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 71 percent of Balaño reside; 71 percent reside in South America and 43 percent reside in Caribbean South America.

The surname Balaño is most common in Colombia, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 15,924,691. In Colombia Balaño is primarily concentrated in: Cesar Department, where 67 percent live and Antioquia Department, where 33 percent live. Outside of Colombia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 29 percent live and Argentina, where 14 percent live.

Balaño Last Name Statistics demography

Balaño earn somewhat less than the average income. In Colombia they earn 11% less than the national average, earning $20,205,700 COP 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
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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 Balaño
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