Balwanth Surname

1,281,391st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 178 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Balwanth Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Balwanth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1531:354,10332,399
India241:31,961,058386,265
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Balwanth (241) may also be a first name.

Balwanth Last Name Facts

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

The surname Balwanth (Marathi: बळवंत) is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Balwanth click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Balwanth? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,281,391st most prevalent last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 40,941,269 people. The surname Balwanth occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Balwanth reside; 86 percent reside in Southern Africa and 86 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Balwanth is also the 575,894th most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 241 people.

The surname Balwanth is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 153 people, or 1 in 354,103. In South Africa Balwanth is most numerous in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 90 percent live, Gauteng, where 8 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 1 percent live. Barring South Africa this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 13 percent live and Ireland, where 1 percent live.

Balwanth Last Name Statistics demography

Balwanth earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 50.05% more than the national average, earning R 356,580 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Balwant931,066/
Balwante8853/
Balvanth8824/
Balwantz884/
Balvant801,238/
Balbant8071/
Balwand801/
Balvante7522/
Bhalvant751/
Balband6737/
Belvant6716/
Valvant6714/
Balbont674/
Balvand672/
Bajlvand6317/
Boluante631/
Baulwond631/
Belvent536/
Bolvent531/
Belvand531/
Valbont531/
Beylvand501/
Vohlvant500/

Balwanth Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Balwanth in the Marathi language
बळवंतbalavanta-

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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 Balwanth
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