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    The surname Balas

    A surname, carried by 1,812 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B420

    Balas: #16,018 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Balas #16,018, 1,812 people Balas: #16,018 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Balas #16,018, 1,812 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Balas is more common than 90.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,812 people named Balas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 170,389 Americans. That is up 26% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,441.

    #16,018
    rank among US surnames
    1,812
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +25.7%
    change since 2000 (was #17,899)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,012Hysell1,813170,295
    #16,018Provencio1,812170,389
    #16,022Grayer1,811170,483
    #16,025Coryell1,810170,578

    Who is named Balas

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

    85% of people named Balas identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 4.8%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Balass

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Egon Balas
      American mathematician (1922–2019)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Balas

    Balas has the Soundex code B420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B420.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Balas?
    1,812 people in the United States had the surname Balas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 170,389 Americans. It ranked 16,018th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Balas?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Balas identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Balas?
    Egon Balas, American mathematician (1922–2019).
    Where is the surname Balas most common?
    Wikidata records people named Balas in Romania.
    Is the surname Balas getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,441 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,812 in 2010, up 26%.