Balkisson Surname

1,070,546th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 232 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Guyana

Balkisson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Balkisson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1791:302,66929,078
United States191:19,076,786604,894
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Guyana51:152,4449,017
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
England11:55,718,059489,080

Balkisson (14) may also be a first name.

Balkisson Last Name Facts

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

The surname Balkisson is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Balkisson? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,070,546th most widespread last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 31,411,836 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Balkisson live; 77 percent live in Southern Africa and 77 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Balkisson is also the 3,024,661st most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 14 people.

It is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 179 people, or 1 in 302,669. In South Africa it is most numerous in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 94 percent live, Gauteng, where 4 percent live and Western Cape, where 1 percent live. Other than South Africa this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 8 percent live and Canada, where 7 percent live.

Balkisson Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Balkisson last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.67% registered with the party.

The amount Balkisson earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 0.57% more than the national average, earning R 239,004 per year; in United States they earn 4.05% less than the national average, earning $41,403 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.47% more than the national average, earning $54,886 CAD per year.

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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 Balkisson
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