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 has its highest incidence in Czechia. It may also be found as: Balas, Balaş, Baláš, Balaś, Balás, Bălaş, Bãlas or Balàs. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Balaš? popularity and diffusion
The surname Balaš is the 523,160th most commonly held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 11,735,179 people. 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 Balaš is most widely held in Czechia, where it is held by 354 people, or 1 in 30,038. In Czechia it is mostly concentrated in: Moravian-Silesian Region, where 24 percent are found, Prague, where 14 percent are found and South Moravian Region, where 13 percent are found. Other than Czechia it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Croatia, where 21 percent are found and Serbia, where 20 percent are found.
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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 Balaš
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