Ballou Surname
Approximately 10,613 people bear this surname
Ballou Surname Definition:
(French) One who came from Bellou, in France.
Ballou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7,519 | 1:48,206 | 5,841 |
| Ivory Coast | 1,156 | 1:19,958 | 1,505 |
| Algeria | 661 | 1:58,444 | 9,814 |
| Congo | 316 | 1:15,788 | 1,923 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Greece | 149 | 1:74,361 | 12,526 |
| France | 135 | 1:492,020 | 69,079 |
| Israel | 108 | 1:79,237 | 9,601 |
| Benin | 82 | 1:126,044 | 13,698 |
| Niger | 69 | 1:278,145 | 8,561 |
| Canada | 65 | 1:566,855 | 47,218 |
| Cameroon | 40 | 1:519,227 | 41,500 |
| Liberia | 33 | 1:133,592 | 9,935 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Burkina Faso | 11 | 1:1,668,373 | 13,584 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Mauritius | 4 | 1:323,354 | 10,053 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,285 | 1:39,081 | 4,620 |
Ballou (1,008) may also be a first name.
Ballou Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(French) One who came from Bellou, in France.
Ballou Demographics
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Ballou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ballou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ballou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﻟﻮ, Russian: Баллоу) is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ballou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ballou is the 48,577th most frequently used last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 686,662 people. The surname Ballou is predominantly found in The Americas, where 68 percent of Ballou reside; 68 percent reside in North America and 68 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Ballou is also the 253,398th most commonly held first name internationally, held by 1,008 people.
The surname Ballou is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 7,519 people, or 1 in 48,206. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 9 percent reside, Texas, where 6 percent reside and Massachusetts, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States Ballou occurs in 38 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 11 percent reside and Algeria, where 6 percent reside.
Ballou Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Ballou has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 585 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Ballou Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Ballou surname are 7.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 54% being registered with the party.
The amount Ballou earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 55.05% more than the national average, earning 536,595 kr per year; in United States they earn 0.86% more than the national average, earning $43,520 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.99% more than the national average, earning $58,621 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ballou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ballou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺎﻟﻮ | balw | - |
| Ballou in the Russian language | ||
| Баллоу | ballou | - |
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Ballou Reference & Research
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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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