Ballestra Surname

269,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,448 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Monaco

Ballestra Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ballestra Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy6761:90,46815,624
France3621:183,48828,549
Philippines2901:349,09747,019
Argentina401:1,068,58565,578
Monaco221:1,68558
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Uruguay121:285,98020,148
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Peru71:4,540,58934,489
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Ballestra Last Name Facts

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

Ballestra (Arabic: باليستري) is borne by more people in Italy than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ballestra? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 269,545th most common surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 5,032,836 people. Ballestra occurs mostly in Europe, where 73 percent of Ballestra live; 47 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 47 percent live in Italic Europe.

The last name Ballestra is most widely held in Italy, where it is carried by 676 people, or 1 in 90,468. In Italy it is most common in: Liguria, where 87 percent live, Veneto, where 8 percent live and Emilia-Romagna, where 2 percent live. Outside of Italy this last name is found in 14 countries. It is also found in France, where 25 percent live and The Philippines, where 20 percent live.

Ballestra Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Ballestra earn in different countries varies significantly. In Peru they earn 48.07% less than the national average, earning S/. 10,066 per year and in United States they earn 13.38% less than the national average, earning $37,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Ballestra Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ballestra in the Arabic language
باليستريbalystry-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ballestra
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