Baláz Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Baláz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Baláž (7,114), Balaz (2,161), Baláź (1), Balaž (2,280), Balaź (2) & Balaż (1) are calculated separately.
Baláz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Baláz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Baláz is borne by more people in Slovakia than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Baláž, Balaz, Baláź, Balaž, Balaź or Balaż. Click here for other possible spellings of Baláz.
How Common Is The Last Name Baláz? popularity and diffusion
The surname Baláz is the 6,723,624th most widely held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Baláz occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of Baláz are found; 38 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 38 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
It is most frequent in Slovakia, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 1,778,817. In Slovakia it is most numerous in: Banská Bystrica Region, where 33 percent live, Nitra Region, where 33 percent live and Prešov Region, where 33 percent live. Apart from Slovakia this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Iceland, where 25 percent live and Brazil, where 13 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 Baláz
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