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Where Does The Last Name Ballestas Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Ballestas occurs most in Colombia. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ballestas.

How Common Is The Last Name Ballestas? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Ballestas is the 77,360^th most commonly used last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,152,546 people. The last name Ballestas occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Ballestas live; 92 percent live in South America and 92 percent live in Caribbean South America.

This last name is most frequently used in Colombia, where it is held by 5,486 people, or 1 in 8,708. In Colombia Ballestas is most frequent in: Bolívar Department, where 42 percent live, Atlántico Department, where 26 percent live and Magdalena Department, where 14 percent live. Not including Colombia this last name is found in 15 countries. It is also found in Venezuela, where 6 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.

Ballestas Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Ballestas has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ballestas last name rose 37,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ballestas Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Ballestas surname are 45.02% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 98.25% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Ballestas earn in different countries varies markedly. In Colombia they earn 21.25% less than the national average, earning $17,877,900 COP per year and in United States they earn 19.65% more than the national average, earning $51,629 USD per year.