Balef Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Balef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Balef Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Balef Last Name Facts

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

The last name Balef (Russian: Балеф) is found most frequently in The United States. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Balef click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Balef? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,117,718th most widely held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 43 percent of Balef are found; 43 percent are found in North America and 43 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States Balef is most frequent in: Tennessee, where 67 percent are found and Illinois, where 33 percent are found. Outside of The United States Balef is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 14 percent are found and Russia, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Balefe9133/
Baylef9110/
Ballef919/
Baleff913/
Bealef911/
Bailef911/
Baileff8333/
Bayleff8322/
Bayleaf836/
Baylefs831/
Baylief831/
Baleife831/
Batleff830/
Ballief830/
Batleft830/
Balew805,175/
Balev802,646/
Balif8027/
Bolef8020/
Baleb8019/
Belef8012/
Valef805/
Walef802/
Baylieff776/
Bailieff770/
Battleff770/
Ballew7311,159/
Baleva732,233/
Baliev73928/
Ballif73923/
Bolefe73571/
Baleev73364/
Belief73180/
Baliff73125/
Valeff7375/
Bailev7340/
Wallef7329/
Walefe7318/
Valefe7316/
Baylev7315/
Baylif7313/
Baliew7313/
Batlev7312/
Boulef7312/
Waleff7311/
Vaslef7311/
Baleew7311/
Beleff736/
Bailif736/
Bailew736/
Balife736/
Vallef734/
Ballev733/
Balevs733/
Waleef732/
Baalif732/
Baleib732/
Baslev731/
Balhev731/
Baelif731/
Baalev731/
Valeuf731/
Beleif731/
Baelev731/
Waledf731/
Wualef731/
Baleyw730/
Baillif672,035/
Bailiff671,298/
Bayliff67915/
Bauliev67265/
Balliew67246/
Bayliev67147/
Waleffe67134/
Balliev6747/
Balleev6724/
Baileva6721/
Baylyff6721/
Balhiev6718/
Bagliev6715/
Belieff6712/
Beleiff6711/
Bayleva679/
Baeliev676/
Balliff676/
Ballews674/
Baaliev674/
Boulief674/
Balheav674/
Valeife674/
Balleva673/
Balheev672/
Batleev672/
Battlew672/
Buileef671/
Behleff671/
Batliff671/
Baileyb671/
Baillew671/
Bhaleva671/
Baeleev671/
Wasleff671/
Vallefe671/
Vasleff671/
Bouleft671/
Bouleif671/
Bahleva671/
Beylefe671/
Boullef671/
Wallefe671/
Walleff671/
Balheew671/
Bhaleew671/
Bailyff670/
Boylief670/
Beatlev670/
Ballaif670/
Waulefs670/
Baileyw670/
Baylesw670/
Baylifs670/

Balef Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Balef in the Russian language
Балефbalef-

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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 Balef
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