Balung Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Balung Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 60 | 1:2,204,153 | 134,948 |
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| Cambodia | 5 | 1:3,097,429 | 8,690 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
Balung (82) may also be a first name.
Balung Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balung Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Balung (Hindi: बलुंग, Oriya: ବଲୁ, Tibetan: བ་ལུང་།) is found most frequently in Indonesia. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Balung? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,612,213th most commonly held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 58,300,367 people. Balung occurs predominantly in Asia, where 78 percent of Balung reside; 66 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 62 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Balung is also the 1,060,447th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 82 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is held by 60 people, or 1 in 2,204,153. In Indonesia it is primarily concentrated in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 53 percent live, South Sumatra, where 20 percent live and North Kalimantan, where 13 percent live. Aside from Indonesia Balung is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 22 percent live and India, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Balung Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Balung in the Hindi language | ||
| बलुंग | balunga | - |
| Balung in the Oriya language | ||
| ବଲୁ | balu | - |
| Balung in the Tibetan language | ||
| བ་ལུང་། | balung | 66.67 |
| བཱ་ལུང་། | balung | 33.33 |
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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 Balung
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