Balsma Surname

2,718,172nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 51 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Balsma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Balsma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands481:351,81639,430
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Balsma Last Name Facts

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

The surname Balsma (Hindi: बल्समा) has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Balsma? popularity and diffusion

The last name Balsma is the 2,718,172nd most frequently used surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 96 percent of Balsma are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 351,816. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: South Holland, where 33 percent live, Drenthe, where 19 percent live and Groningen, where 19 percent live. Besides The Netherlands this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 2 percent live and Sudan, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ballesma861/
Walsma83286/
Balsmo833/
Baljmaa77124/
Balesme7751/
Beilsma7719/
Wallsma771/
Ballsmid712/
Balsmych711/
Beijlsma711/
Ballsmith6747/
Bolsmo671/
Balxmi671/
Balschmidt6344/
Bajtelsmit6312/
Balhzmi6213/
Ballschmidt5926/
Balchmos572/
Beylsmit571/
Bolsmiss570/
Beilsmith53204/
Beijlsmit5341/
Bolesmith531/

Balsma Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Balsma in the Hindi language
बल्समाbalsama-

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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 Balsma
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