Balton Surname

550,571st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 580 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Malawi

Balton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Balton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3621:1,001,26873,991
Malawi1311:130,68014,293
Papua New Guinea201:407,68653,132
Argentina161:2,671,463118,579
Russia111:13,102,096377,010
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
England41:13,929,515290,718
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland371:119,7267,101
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England541:451,39625,813
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2291:219,29618,666

Balton (145) may also be a first name.

Balton Last Name Facts

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

Balton (Russian: Балтон) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Balton? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 550,571st most frequently used surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 12,564,734 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 66 percent of Balton are found; 63 percent are found in North America and 63 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 766,399th most numerous first name globally, borne by 145 people.

The last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 362 people, or 1 in 1,001,268. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Tennessee, where 16 percent are found, Missouri, where 10 percent are found and California, where 9 percent are found. Outside of The United States this last name is found in 17 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 23 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent are found.

Balton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Balton has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Balton last name rose 158 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 93 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Balton Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Catholic (62%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Balton surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Balton earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 81.08% more than the national average, earning R 430,320 per year and in United States they earn 3.77% less than the national average, earning $41,523 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Balton Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Balton in the Russian language
Балтонbalton-

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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 Balton
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