Balkissoon Surname

209,791st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,969 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Trinidad and Tobago
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago

Balkissoon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Balkissoon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Trinidad and Tobago7361:1,853317
United States2991:1,212,23786,130
Guyana2571:2,966544
Mauritius2321:5,5751,136
South Africa2051:264,28126,485
Canada1851:199,16519,489
Suriname261:21,2544,689
England141:3,979,861125,553
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Balkissoon (188) may also be a first name.

Balkissoon Last Name Facts

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

The last name Balkissoon occurs most in Trinidad and Tobago. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Balkissoon? popularity and diffusion

Balkissoon is the 209,791st most commonly used surname internationally, held by around 1 in 3,701,141 people. Balkissoon is primarily found in The Americas, where 76 percent of Balkissoon reside; 37 percent reside in Caribbean and 37 percent reside in Anglo-Caribbean. It is also the 663,277th most commonly held given name worldwide, held by 188 people.

The surname Balkissoon is most prevalent in Trinidad and Tobago, where it is carried by 736 people, or 1 in 1,853. In Trinidad and Tobago it is most frequent in: Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo Regional Corporation, where 29 percent reside, Siparia Regional Corporation, where 17 percent reside and Princes Town Regional Corporation, where 14 percent reside. Not including Trinidad and Tobago it occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 15 percent reside and Guyana, where 13 percent reside.

Balkissoon Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Balkissoon surname are 13.84% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 67.07% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Balkissoon earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 8.38% more than the national average, earning R 257,556 per year; in United States they earn 20.3% more than the national average, earning $51,908 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.84% more than the national average, earning $56,060 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
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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 Balkissoon
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