Balfor Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Chile

Balfor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Balfor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Chile61:2,936,07935,997
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Balfor (28) may also be a first name.

Balfor Last Name Facts

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

The last name Balfor (Russian: Балфор) is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Balfor? popularity and diffusion

The surname Balfor is the 4,649,889th most numerous surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Balfor reside; 50 percent reside in North America and 50 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Balfor is also the 1,994,417th most frequently occurring given name world-wide It is held by 28 people.

The last name is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 45,307,367. In The United States it is mostly found in: Utah, where 25 percent are found, California, where 13 percent are found and Florida, where 13 percent are found. Excluding The United States Balfor is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Chile, where 33 percent are found and Canada, where 6 percent are found.

Balfor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Balfor has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Balfor last name decreased 43 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Balfor Last Name Statistics demography

Balfor earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 47.1% less than the national average, earning $22,825 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Balfor Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Balfor in the Russian language
Балфорbalfor-

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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 Balfor
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