Balcomb Surname

465,182nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 724 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Balcomb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Balcomb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3141:1,154,32882,787
England1451:384,26226,878
South Africa991:547,25043,124
Australia921:293,43225,879
Canada691:533,99444,923
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3091:78,8858,522
Jersey31:17,2942,528
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1461:343,96426,445

Balcomb Last Name Facts

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

Balcomb occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Balcomb.

How Common Is The Last Name Balcomb? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 465,182nd most prevalent family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 10,065,671 people. The surname Balcomb occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 49 percent of Balcomb are found; 49 percent are found in North America and 49 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Balcomb is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 314 people, or 1 in 1,154,328. In The United States Balcomb is most common in: California, where 15 percent reside, Ohio, where 11 percent reside and Colorado, where 9 percent reside. Outside of The United States this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also common in England, where 20 percent reside and South Africa, where 14 percent reside.

Balcomb Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Balcomb has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Balcomb surname expanded 215 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 53 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Balcomb Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Balcomb last name are 3.18% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 56.41% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Balcomb earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 2.49% less than the national average, earning R 231,720 per year; in United States they earn 1.19% more than the national average, earning $43,662 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.12% less than the national average, earning $47,139 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Baulcomb93117/
Balkcomb931/
Bolcomb861/
Valcomb861/
Walcomb860/
Hbolcomb800/
Wolcomb711/
Woolcomb676/
Valcamp5721/
Balkunb571/
Walcamp570/
Walcamps532/

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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 Balcomb
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