Balfourth Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Balfourth Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Balfourth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England271:2,063,63279,942
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Balfourth Last Name Facts

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

The last name Balfourth is more frequently found in England than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Balfourth? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,730,171st most commonly occurring surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname Balfourth occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Balfourth live; 96 percent live in Northern Europe and 96 percent live in British Isles.

The surname Balfourth is most commonly held in England, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 2,063,632. In England Balfourth is most common in: Greater London, where 78 percent live, Bedfordshire, where 15 percent live and Cambridgeshire, where 4 percent live. Besides England this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 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 Balfourth
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