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    The surname Balch

    A surname, carried by 4,472 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B420

    Balch: #7,450 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Balch #7,450, 4,472 people Balch: #7,450 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Balch #7,450, 4,472 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Balch is more common than 95.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,472 people named Balch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,040 Americans. That is up 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,187.

    #7,450
    rank among US surnames
    4,472
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.8%
    change since 2000 (was #7,330)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,443Behm4,47668,978
    #7,445Seymore4,47469,009
    #7,446Topete4,47369,024
    #7,450Balch4,47269,040
    #7,453Deen4,47169,055
    #7,455Dressler4,47069,071

    Who is named Balch

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

    94% of people named Balch identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Balchs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Emily Greene Balch
      American economist and writer, 1867–1961

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Balch

    Balch 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 Balch?
    4,472 people in the United States had the surname Balch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,040 Americans. It ranked 7,450th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Balch?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Balch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Balch?
    Emily Greene Balch, American economist and writer.
    Where is the surname Balch most common?
    Wikidata records people named Balch in the United States.
    Is the surname Balch getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,187 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,472 in 2010, up 6.8%.