Balaş Surname
Approximately 370 people bear this surname
Balaş Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 369 | 1:54,412 | 6,692 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Balas (21,925), Balaš (621), Bălaş (238), Balaś (4), Balás (410), Baláš (305), Bãlas (1) & Balàs (1) are calculated separately.
Balaş (389) may also be a first name.
Balaş Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balaş Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Balaş is most common in Romania. It may also occur as: Balas, Balaš, Bălaş, Balaś, Balás, Baláš, Bãlas or Balàs. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Balaş? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 769,129th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 19,696,070 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Balaş reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 100 percent reside in Romanian Europe. Balaş is also the 439,102nd most common first name worldwide, borne by 389 people.
The last name is most widely held in Romania, where it is carried by 369 people, or 1 in 54,412. In Romania Balaş is mostly found in: Bucharest Municipality, where 20 percent reside, Bacău County, where 17 percent reside and Hunedoara County, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Romania this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Sweden, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Balaş
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