Ballance Surname
Approximately 4,245 people bear this surname
Ballance Surname Definition:
(English) Dweller at the sign of the balance, usually designating a scale maker.
Ballance Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,073 | 1:117,950 | 12,694 |
| England | 474 | 1:117,549 | 11,971 |
| Canada | 378 | 1:97,475 | 10,598 |
| Northern Ireland | 81 | 1:22,778 | 2,624 |
| Ireland | 48 | 1:98,103 | 5,309 |
| New Zealand | 44 | 1:102,916 | 13,667 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Australia | 28 | 1:964,132 | 57,058 |
| South Africa | 26 | 1:2,083,758 | 92,464 |
| Scotland | 24 | 1:223,076 | 11,507 |
| Jamaica | 7 | 1:409,992 | 9,090 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 70 | 1:63,284 | 4,864 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 238 | 1:102,418 | 10,282 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:534,745 | 14,325 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 459 | 1:109,409 | 10,910 |
Ballance Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) Dweller at the sign of the balance, usually designating a scale maker.
For Valence. William de Ver held Valence, Normandy, from Philip Augustus, c. 1210. See Vallance.
Ballance Demographics
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Ballance Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ballance Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ballance occurs most in The United States. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ballance? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 109,617th most common family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,716,736 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Ballance reside; 75 percent reside in North America and 75 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
This surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 3,073 people, or 1 in 117,950. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: North Carolina, where 26 percent reside, Virginia, where 9 percent reside and California, where 6 percent reside. Other than The United States this last name occurs in 28 countries. It also occurs in England, where 11 percent reside and Canada, where 9 percent reside.
Ballance Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Ballance has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Ballance last name expanded 669 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 199 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 31 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 343 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Ballance Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Ballance surname is predominantly Anglican (53%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Ballance surname are 7.97% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.74% registered with the party.
The amount Ballance earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 243.27% more than the national average, earning R 815,748 per year; in United States they earn 1.75% less than the national average, earning $42,395 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.73% more than the national average, earning $55,014 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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