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    The surname Balentine

    A surname, carried by 3,032 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex B453

    Balentine: #10,572 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Balentine #10,572, 3,032 people Balentine: #10,572 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Balentine #10,572, 3,032 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Balentine is more common than 93.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,032 people named Balentine in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 101,829 Americans. That is up 9.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,767.

    #10,572
    rank among US surnames
    3,032
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.6%
    change since 2000 (was #10,627)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,563Nadler3,034101,762
    #10,565Mullikin3,033101,795
    #10,572Larocque3,032101,829
    #10,577Hartzog3,031101,863

    Who is named Balentine

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

    84% of people named Balentine identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 84%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Balentine

    Balentine has the Soundex code B453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B453.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Balentine?
    3,032 people in the United States had the surname Balentine in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,829 Americans. It ranked 10,572nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Balentine?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Balentine identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Balentine getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,767 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,032 in 2010, up 9.6%.