# Balbi (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/balbi/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Italian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 529 |
| US rank (2010) | 41,164 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 583,640 people |
| Change since 2000 | +18% (448 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Balbi; this surname is also frequently attested in Argentina and Brazil.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Balbi in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 47% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 51% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Balbi in Argentina.

## People named Balbi

- Luciano Balbi, Argentine footballer

## Similar surnames

Balboa, Belliveau, Bowlby, Beliveau, Bilbo, Bilby.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.