How common is the surname Balboa?

2,520 people in the United States had the surname Balboa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,518 Americans. It ranked 12,339th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Balboa?

Marcelo Balboa, American soccer player.

Where is the surname Balboa most common?

Wikidata records people named Balboa in the United States.

How do you pronounce Balboa?

Balboa is /bælˈboʊə/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Balboa getting more or less common?

More common. 1,950 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,520 in 2010, up 29%.

The surname Balboa

A Spanish surname, carried by 2,520 people in the United States.

Pronounced /bælˈboʊə/ 3 syllables Soundex B410

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Balboa is more common than 92.4% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

From Spanish Balboa, from Galician Balboa, from Valboa, from Latin vallis bona, "Good Valley".

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,520 people named Balboa in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,518 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,950.

#12,339

rank among US surnames

2,520

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+29.2%

change since 2000 (was #14,147)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,333	Crochet	2,521	122,469
#12,339	Birge	2,520	122,518
#12,348	Timmins	2,519	122,567

Who is named Balboa

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

81% of people named Balboa identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 11% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 81%
White (not Hispanic) 11%
Asian and Pacific Islander 5.8%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Balboas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Marcelo Balboa
American soccer player, born 1967

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Balboa

Balboa has the Soundex code B410, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B410.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Balboa come from?: From Spanish Balboa, from Galician Balboa, from Valboa, from Latin vallis bona, "Good Valley".
How common is the surname Balboa?: 2,520 people in the United States had the surname Balboa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,518 Americans. It ranked 12,339th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Balboa?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Balboa identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 11% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Balboa?: Marcelo Balboa, American soccer player.
Where is the surname Balboa most common?: Wikidata records people named Balboa in the United States.
How do you pronounce Balboa?: Balboa is /bælˈboʊə/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Balboa getting more or less common?: More common. 1,950 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,520 in 2010, up 29%.