Balkunas Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Lithuania

Balkunas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Balkunas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States471:7,711,892346,147
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
Argentina61:7,123,902190,047
Ukraine51:9,104,539300,808
Lithuania41:758,64725,175
England21:27,859,030389,889
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228

The alternate forms: Balkūnas (43) are calculated separately.

Balkunas Last Name Facts

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

Balkunas (Russian: Балкунас) occurs most in The United States. It can occur as: Balkūnas. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Balkunas? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,220,661st most frequently occurring last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 99,829,396 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 73 percent of Balkunas are found; 64 percent are found in North America and 64 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 7,711,892. In The United States it is most common in: Florida, where 28 percent are found, New York, where 28 percent are found and Connecticut, where 11 percent are found. Apart from The United States this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 11 percent are found and Argentina, where 8 percent are found.

Balkunas Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Balkunas surname is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Balkunas last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% being registered to vote for the political party.

Balkunas earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 14.96% more than the national average, earning $49,602 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Balkūnas9643/
Balcunas88111/
Valkunas884/
Balcuinas825/
Ballcunas821/
Balcuna8093/
Bolkuna802/
Bolkunga7527/
Valkūnas754/
Balcauna751/
Balcona67302/
Bolkuno671/
Bolkoungou561/
Boulkounou561/

Balkunas Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Balkunas in the Russian language
Балкунасbalkunas-

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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 Balkunas
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