Balisong Surname

412,986th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 844 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Balisong Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Balisong Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines8281:122,26821,020
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228

Balisong Last Name Facts

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

The last name Balisong (Russian: Балисонг) is held by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Balisong? popularity and diffusion

The surname Balisong is the 412,986th most commonly held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 8,634,533 people. The surname Balisong occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Balisong live; 98 percent live in Southeast Asia and 98 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.

It is most prevalent in The Philippines, where it is borne by 828 people, or 1 in 122,268. In The Philippines Balisong is most prevalent in: Bicol, where 29 percent reside, Cordillera Administrative Region, where 27 percent reside and Calabarzon, where 13 percent reside. Aside from The Philippines this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 1 percent reside and Malaysia, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Balisong Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Balisong in the Russian language
Балисонгbalisong-

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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 Balisong
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