Ballah Surname
Approximately 16,012 people bear this surname
Ballah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 7,852 | 1:561 | 76 |
| Sudan | 3,920 | 1:9,569 | 1,352 |
| Bangladesh | 811 | 1:196,494 | 6,734 |
| Chad | 674 | 1:20,166 | 2,465 |
| United States | 405 | 1:894,960 | 67,538 |
| Egypt | 397 | 1:231,576 | 16,276 |
| Algeria | 319 | 1:121,102 | 16,948 |
| Djibouti | 225 | 1:4,066 | 333 |
| Nigeria | 223 | 1:794,362 | 35,535 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 181 | 1:7,536 | 1,114 |
| Mauritius | 142 | 1:9,109 | 1,933 |
| Iran | 118 | 1:650,699 | 35,122 |
| Canada | 114 | 1:323,207 | 29,592 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Niger | 79 | 1:242,937 | 7,779 |
| Cameroon | 68 | 1:305,427 | 28,416 |
| Mauritania | 43 | 1:95,229 | 5,961 |
| France | 40 | 1:1,660,568 | 152,033 |
| Philippines | 38 | 1:2,664,164 | 134,326 |
| England | 37 | 1:1,505,893 | 64,828 |
| Pakistan | 29 | 1:6,160,134 | 36,715 |
| Ivory Coast | 29 | 1:795,560 | 21,349 |
| India | 27 | 1:28,409,829 | 361,298 |
| Moldova | 17 | 1:209,492 | 19,497 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 16 | 1:7,041 | 703 |
| Belgium | 15 | 1:766,443 | 63,354 |
| Netherlands | 14 | 1:1,206,227 | 70,951 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Saint Lucia | 4 | 1:44,695 | 2,207 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 87 | 1:577,226 | 39,167 |
Ballah (1,824) may also be a first name.
Ballah Demographics
Average Ballah Salary in
United States
$41,350 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ballah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ballah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ballah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﻻﻩ, Hindi: बल्लाह) is more frequently found in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ballah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ballah is the 33,160th most widely held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 455,130 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Ballah are found; 56 percent are found in West Africa and 49 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 178,669th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 1,824 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Liberia, where it is borne by 7,852 people, or 1 in 561. In Liberia Ballah is most prevalent in: Montserrado County, where 35 percent live, Lofa County, where 26 percent live and Gbarpolu County, where 10 percent live. Other than Liberia it exists in 52 countries. It also occurs in Sudan, where 24 percent live and Bangladesh, where 5 percent live.
Ballah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Ballah has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ballah last name expanded 466 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Ballah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Ballah surname are 6.04% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 52.81% registered with the political party.
The amount Ballah earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 4.17% less than the national average, earning $41,350 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.52% less than the national average, earning $48,429 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ballah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ballah in the Hindi language | ||
| बल्लाह | ballaha | - |
| Ballah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺎﻻﻩ | balah | 55.56 |
| ﺑﺎﻟﻠﻪ | ballh | 22.22 |
| ﺑﻼﻩ | blah | 11.11 |
| ﺑﺎﺍﻟﻠﻪ | baallh | 11.11 |
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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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- 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 Ballah
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