Balkus Surname

504,389th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 651 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Lithuania

Balkus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Balkus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3801:953,83971,121
Lithuania1681:18,0633,298
Hungary401:245,40719,663
Poland361:1,055,79973,637
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
England41:13,929,515290,718
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

The alternate forms: Balkuş (18) are calculated separately.

Balkus (19) may also be a first name.

Balkus Last Name Facts

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

The surname Balkus (Russian: Балкус) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Balkuş. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Balkus? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 504,389th most frequent surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,194,387 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 58 percent of Balkus reside; 58 percent reside in North America and 58 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,523,061st most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 19 people.

Balkus is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 380 people, or 1 in 953,839. In The United States it is most common in: Massachusetts, where 22 percent live, Florida, where 9 percent live and California, where 8 percent live. Barring The United States it is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Lithuania, where 26 percent live and Hungary, where 6 percent live.

Balkus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Balkus has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Balkus last name rose 19,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Balkus Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Balkus surname are 7.58% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 60.81% registered with the political party.

Balkus earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 22.29% more than the national average, earning $52,769 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Balkuş9418/
Balckus921/
Balkuss921/
Balkuis921/
Balkhaus8647/
Balkouss861/
Balkhous861/
Balkos83185/
Balcus8329/
Bolkus8322/
Balkuz831/
Balkusova8013/
Valkusz7751/
Valkeus773/
Bolkeus771/
Boulkous71145/
Balkouch71139/
Bolkhuis711/
Belhkous711/
Balcos671,338/
Bolkos674/
Valcus671/
Boulkousse631/
Bolkosz625/
Boulkos621/
Voulkous571/
Bolcos503/
Balcoz501/
Bolkoz501/

Balkus Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Balkus in the Russian language
Балкусbalkus-

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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 Balkus
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