How common is the surname Balaban?

1,233 people in the United States had the surname Balaban in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 250,402 Americans. It ranked 21,260th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Balaban?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Balaban identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Balaban getting more or less common?

More common. 1,107 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,233 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Balaban

A surname, carried by 1,233 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B415

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Balaban is more common than 86.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,233 people named Balaban in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 250,402 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,107.

#21,260

rank among US surnames

1,233

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+11.4%

change since 2000 (was #21,880)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#21,251	Guinto	1,234	250,199
#21,260	Craney	1,233	250,402

Who is named Balaban

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

95% of people named Balaban identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Balaban

Balbuena

Balaban has the Soundex code B415, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B415.

Questions

How common is the surname Balaban?: 1,233 people in the United States had the surname Balaban in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 250,402 Americans. It ranked 21,260th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Balaban?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Balaban identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Balaban getting more or less common?: More common. 1,107 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,233 in 2010, up 11%.