Balász Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Balász Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 5 | 1:1,067,290 | 85,393 |
| Hungary | 3 | 1:3,272,092 | 62,568 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Balasz (427) are calculated separately.
Balász Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balász Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Balász is most common in Slovakia. It may also be rendered as a variant: Balasz. For other possible spellings of Balász click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Balász? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,812,366th most frequently held family name globally, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of Balász live; 91 percent live in Eastern Europe and 64 percent live in West Slavic Europe.
It is most commonly held in Slovakia, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 1,067,290. In Slovakia Balász is most frequent in: Banská Bystrica Region, where 40 percent are found, Košice Region, where 20 percent are found and Nitra Region, where 20 percent are found. Not including Slovakia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Hungary, where 27 percent are found and Czechia, where 18 percent are found.
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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 Balász
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