Balás Surname
Approximately 410 people bear this surname
Balás Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 393 | 1:24,978 | 2,773 |
| Slovakia | 4 | 1:1,334,112 | 94,300 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
The alternate forms: Balas (21,925), Baláš (305), Balàs (1), Balaš (621), Balaş (370), Balaś (4), Bãlas (1) & Bălaş (238) are calculated separately.
Balás Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balás Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Balás is more frequently found in Hungary than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Balas, Baláš, Balàs, Balaš, Balaş, Balaś, Bãlas or Bălaş. For other possible spellings of Balás click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Balás? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 713,660th most numerous last name globally, held by around 1 in 17,774,502 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Balás live; 97 percent live in Eastern Europe and 96 percent live in Hungaro-Europe.
It is most commonly occurring in Hungary, where it is borne by 393 people, or 1 in 24,978. In Hungary it is most prevalent in: Budapest, where 34 percent live, Nógrád County, where 24 percent live and Pest County, where 12 percent live. Barring Hungary this last name is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 1 percent live and Peru, where 1 percent live.
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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 Balás
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