Ballingar Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Ballingar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ballingar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia61:734,75629,369
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Ballingar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ballingar is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ballingar? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ballingar is the 7,117,718th most widespread family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Ballingar reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.

The surname Ballingar is most frequently used in Liberia, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 734,756. In Liberia Ballingar is most numerous in: Montserrado County, where 83 percent reside and River Gee County, where 17 percent reside. Aside from Liberia this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent reside.

Ballingar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Ballingar has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Ballingar
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