Balbalan Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Balbalan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Balbalan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines391:2,595,852132,893
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Balbalan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Balbalan is most common in The Philippines. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Balbalan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Balbalan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Balbalan is the 3,055,934th most commonly used surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Balbalan are found; 95 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 93 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.

This surname is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 2,595,852. In The Philippines it is most frequent in: Ilocos, where 79 percent live, Cordillera Administrative Region, where 15 percent live and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account The Philippines this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 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
  • 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 Balbalan
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