Balb Surname

876,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 308 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Balb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Balb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1091:738,58255,640
Taiwan1081:217,0811,847
Pakistan521:3,435,45926,277
India181:42,614,743461,117
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
France11:66,422,722504,397
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States311:1,619,95885,073

Balb (46) may also be a first name.

Balb Last Name Facts

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

Balb (Hindi: बल्ब, Russian: Балб) is found most in Germany. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Balb? popularity and diffusion

The surname Balb is the 876,631st most commonly held family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 23,660,863 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 59 percent of Balb are found; 36 percent are found in Western Europe and 35 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Balb is also the 1,484,914th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 46 people.

It is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 109 people, or 1 in 738,582. In Germany Balb is mostly found in: Baden-Württemberg, where 79 percent live, Bavaria, where 17 percent live and Hesse, where 2 percent live. Besides Germany this surname exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 35 percent live and Pakistan, where 17 percent live.

Balb Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Balb has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 97 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Balbh8922/
Ballb8918/
Balbs895/
Balbd893/
Balbt891/
Balbz891/
Bealb891/
Balbp890/
Ballbh8064/
Balp75521/
Balw75328/
Walb75164/
Balf75140/
Valb7529/
Balv7513/
Bolb755/
Ualb751/
Balbova738/
Balbowa733/
Bhallbh731/
Baillbh731/
Balfe672,516/
Ballf671,264/
Baathleb67118/
Baulf67110/
Balpe6794/
Balph6788/
Valbø6768/
Valbh6716/
Ballv6713/
Baalf6710/
Boulb678/
Walbø674/
Balwt673/
Bholb673/
Vallb673/
Balhw672/
Bolbs672/
Bealf671/
Bhalf671/
Wealb671/
Baslp671/
Ballw670/
Balfs670/
Balff670/

Balb Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Balb in the Hindi language
बल्बbalba-
Balb in the Russian language
Балбbalb-

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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 Balb
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