Balbala Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Djibouti

Balbala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Balbala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
Niger71:2,741,71749,802
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Balbala (54) may also be a first name.

Balbala Last Name Facts

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

The surname Balbala is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Balbala? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,307,654th most frequent family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname Balbala is primarily found in Africa, where 81 percent of Balbala reside; 48 percent reside in East Africa and 43 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Balbala is also the 1,350,955th most frequent first name in the world, held by 54 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 5,882,401. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Manyara Region, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 33 percent reside and The United States, where 10 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 Balbala
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