Balsa Surname
Approximately 6,667 people bear this surname
Balsa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 1,972 | 1:13,686 | 1,647 |
| Spain | 1,554 | 1:30,085 | 3,064 |
| Philippines | 874 | 1:115,833 | 19,980 |
| India | 522 | 1:1,469,474 | 55,672 |
| Portugal | 302 | 1:34,497 | 2,124 |
| Argentina | 259 | 1:165,032 | 13,888 |
| United States | 131 | 1:2,766,862 | 164,942 |
| Venezuela | 129 | 1:234,140 | 5,977 |
| France | 109 | 1:609,383 | 80,423 |
| Uruguay | 107 | 1:32,073 | 3,688 |
| Panama | 102 | 1:38,355 | 2,058 |
| Peru | 98 | 1:324,328 | 11,673 |
| Mexico | 86 | 1:1,443,328 | 15,900 |
| Brazil | 82 | 1:2,610,663 | 78,641 |
| Colombia | 59 | 1:809,730 | 8,487 |
| Cuba | 45 | 1:256,060 | 4,953 |
| Romania | 31 | 1:647,673 | 45,663 |
| Hungary | 24 | 1:409,012 | 27,854 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Belgium | 22 | 1:522,575 | 50,051 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Netherlands | 13 | 1:1,299,014 | 73,030 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Afghanistan | 11 | 1:2,923,017 | 17,932 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Chile | 9 | 1:1,957,386 | 29,026 |
| Taiwan | 9 | 1:2,604,972 | 16,335 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| Latvia | 4 | 1:512,512 | 30,386 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Balsà (1) & Balşa (1) are calculated separately.
Balsa (220) may also be a first name.
Balsa Demographics
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Balsa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balsa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Balsa (Bengali: বালাসা, Hindi: बलसा, Oriya: ବାଲ୍ସା, Russian: Бальса) is held by more people in Angola than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Balsà or Balşa. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Balsa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 73,792nd most common family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,093,077 people. The last name Balsa is mostly found in Europe, where 32 percent of Balsa reside; 30 percent reside in Southern Africa and 30 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa. Balsa is also the 608,246th most prevalent first name on earth, held by 220 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Angola, where it is held by 1,972 people, or 1 in 13,686. Outside of Angola Balsa exists in 55 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 23 percent live and The Philippines, where 13 percent live.
Balsa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Balsa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Balsa surname grew 1,871 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Balsa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Balsa surname are 22.46% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 69.23% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Balsa earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 23% less than the national average, earning S/. 14,926 per year; in Colombia they earn 15.75% less than the national average, earning $19,127,300 COP per year and in United States they earn 16.74% more than the national average, earning $50,373 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Balsa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Balsa in the Bengali language | ||
| বালাসা | balasa | - |
| Balsa in the Oriya language | ||
| ବାଲ୍ସା | balsa | - |
| Balsa in the Hindi language | ||
| बलसा | balasa | 52.63 |
| बालसा | balasa | 26.32 |
| बल्सा | balsa | 15.79 |
| बाल्सा | balsa | 5.26 |
| Balsa in the Russian language | ||
| Бальса | balsa | - |
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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 Balsa
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