Balige Surname
Approximately 1,147 people bear this surname
Balige Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,073 | 1:49,340 | 5,505 |
| Argentina | 32 | 1:1,335,732 | 76,713 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Balige (78) may also be a first name.
Balige Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balige Come From? nationality or country of origin
Balige (Marathi: बालीगे) is most common in Tanzania. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Balige? popularity and diffusion
The surname Balige is the 324,668th most commonly held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 6,353,571 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Balige live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,091,646th most frequently held given name in the world, held by 78 people.
The surname Balige is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,073 people, or 1 in 49,340. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Kagera Region, where 59 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 10 percent live and Mwanza Region, where 10 percent live. Not including Tanzania it is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 3 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Balige Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Balige in the Marathi language | ||
| बालीगे | balige | 50 |
| बळीगे | balige | 50 |
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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 Balige
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