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Where Does The Last Name Balk Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Balk (Arabic: بولوك, Bengali: বাল্ক, Hindi: बालक, Marathi: बळक, Russian: Балк) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Balk? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Balk is the 54,965^th most common family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 787,587 people. Balk occurs predominantly in Europe, where 55 percent of Balk live; 49 percent live in Western Europe and 48 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 183,678^th most frequently held forename in the world. It is borne by 1,742 people.

The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 2,745 people, or 1 in 132,043. In The United States it is mostly found in: Iowa, where 11 percent reside, Illinois, where 8 percent reside and Minnesota, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this last name occurs in 52 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 26 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 22 percent reside.

Balk Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Balk has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Balk surname rose 1,248 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 203 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Balk Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Balk surname are 15.63% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.4% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Balk earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 69.87% more than the national average, earning 587,882 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 34.21% less than the national average, earning R 156,348 per year; in United States they earn 6.65% more than the national average, earning $46,017 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.75% more than the national average, earning $51,047 CAD per year.