Balnave Surname

1,497,948th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 140 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Balnave Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Balnave Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England311:1,797,35772,927
United States301:12,081,964463,456
Northern Ireland211:87,8595,745
Australia211:1,285,51068,491
Scotland211:254,94412,577
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland341:110,0955,249

Balnave (50) may also be a first name.

Balnave Last Name Facts

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

The surname Balnave is more commonly found in England than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Balnave? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,497,948th most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 52,053,899 people. The surname Balnave occurs predominantly in Europe, where 53 percent of Balnave live; 53 percent live in Northern Europe and 53 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 1,412,538th most common first name throughout the world, held by 50 people.

This surname is most frequently held in England, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 1,797,357. In England Balnave is mostly found in: Greater London, where 35 percent are found, East Sussex, where 26 percent are found and South Yorkshire, where 13 percent are found. Not including England this last name exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 21 percent are found and Northern Ireland, where 15 percent are found.

Balnave Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Balnave has changed over time. In Scotland the number of people bearing the Balnave surname declined 38 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Balnave Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Balnave surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 75% being registered with the political party.

Balnave earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 80.31% more than the national average, earning $77,802 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Balnaves93429/
Balneaves88191/
Ballnaves881/
Bolnave8648/
Balnawe8635/
Balnavis801/
Balnabey801/
Balnawi7159/
Balnaba7123/
Balnovi711/
Balnoba711/
Balnovoi671/
Balnabyo671/
Balinnaba631/
Balinnabyo591/
Bolnaba574/
Volnayva531/
Volnovets501/
Boulneube501/
Woolnover501/

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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 Balnave
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