Balaš Surname
Approximately 621 people bear this surname
Balaš Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czechia | 354 | 1:30,038 | 4,863 |
| Croatia | 128 | 1:33,036 | 6,772 |
| Serbia | 124 | 1:57,621 | 5,422 |
| Slovakia | 7 | 1:762,350 | 73,078 |
| North Macedonia | 3 | 1:700,491 | 23,754 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
The alternate forms: Balas (21,925), Balaş (370), Baláš (305), Balaś (4), Balás (410), Bălaş (238), Bãlas (1) & Balàs (1) are calculated separately.
Balaš Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balaš Come From? nationality or country of origin
Balaš occurs more in Czechia more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Balas, Balaş, Baláš, Balaś, Balás, Bălaş, Bãlas or Balàs. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Balaš? popularity and diffusion
The last name Balaš is the 523,160th most numerous family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 11,735,179 people. The surname Balaš occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Balaš are found; 58 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 58 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
The last name is most commonly held in Czechia, where it is held by 354 people, or 1 in 30,038. In Czechia Balaš is primarily found in: Moravian-Silesian Region, where 24 percent live, Prague, where 14 percent live and South Moravian Region, where 13 percent live. Outside of Czechia this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 21 percent live and Serbia, where 20 percent live.
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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 Balaš
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