Balster Surname

180,045th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,368 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Balster Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Balster Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany8721:92,32311,588
United States8621:420,48636,437
Netherlands4031:41,9047,101
Brazil691:3,102,52789,979
England601:928,63447,428
France341:1,953,609166,012
Denmark191:297,09021,940
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
Austria71:1,216,49180,919
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England271:902,79138,028
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1101:456,53332,843

Balster (18) may also be a first name.

Balster Last Name Facts

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

The surname Balster (Hindi: वालस्टर, Russian: Бальстер) is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Balster? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 180,045th most frequently held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 3,077,511 people. The surname Balster occurs mostly in Europe, where 59 percent of Balster are found; 56 percent are found in Western Europe and 54 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held first name internationally It is held by 18 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 872 people, or 1 in 92,323. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 64 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 12 percent reside and Saxony-Anhalt, where 7 percent reside. Not including Germany it is found in 20 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 36 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 17 percent reside.

Balster Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Balster has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Balster surname grew 784 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 222 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Balster Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Balster surname are 33.53% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 80.3% registered with the party.

The amount Balster earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 123.73% more than the national average, earning R 531,660 per year and in United States they earn 8.97% more than the national average, earning $47,021 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Balster Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Balster in the Hindi language
वालस्टरvalastara-
Balster in the Russian language
Бальстерbalster-

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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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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Balster
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