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    The surname Bala

    A surname, carried by 1,968 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B400

    Bala: #15,005 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bala #15,005, 1,968 people Bala: #15,005 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bala #15,005, 1,968 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bala is more common than 90.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,968 people named Bala in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 156,883 Americans. That is up 26% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,568.

    #15,005
    rank among US surnames
    1,968
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +25.5%
    change since 2000 (was #16,769)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,002Hanning1,969156,803
    #15,005Anello1,968156,883

    Who is named Bala

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    50% of people named Bala identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 38% as white (not Hispanic) and 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 50%
    • White (not Hispanic) 38%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bala

    Bala has the Soundex code B400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B400.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bala?
    1,968 people in the United States had the surname Bala in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 156,883 Americans. It ranked 15,005th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bala?
    In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Bala identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 38% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Bala getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,568 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,968 in 2010, up 26%.