Balmen Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Balmen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Balmen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey231:3,383,54091,291
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England231:1,059,79941,508
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Balmen (104) may also be a first name.

Balmen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Balmen occurs more in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Balmen.

How Common Is The Last Name Balmen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,665,662nd most common family name in the world, held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 48 percent of Balmen live; 48 percent live in West Asia and 48 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 925,156th most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 104 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Turkey, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 3,383,540. In Turkey Balmen is primarily concentrated in: Van Province, where 61 percent reside and Istanbul Province, where 39 percent reside. Barring Turkey this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent reside and Belgium, where 3 percent reside.

Balmen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Balmen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Balmen last name decreased 86 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 96 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Balment92168/
Bealmen920/
Balmn910/
Ballment8662/
Balmin83199/
Bolmen8316/
Valmen833/
Balmyn831/
Walmen831/
Balmenova804/
Balmina7788/
Wallmen7782/
Balmint778/
Bohlmen771/
Beilmen770/
Valmienė716/
Bollmenn711/
Bolmin6766/
Walmin6726/
Valmin6718/
Bolmén673/
Belhmn672/
Balminova672/
Wolmen672/
Walmnh671/
Bolmem671/
Volmen671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Balmen
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