# Balingit (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/balingit/  
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 Tagalog.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Tagalog |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 679 |
| US rank (2010) | 33,567 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 454,706 people |
| Change since 2000 | +33% (512 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog Balingit, after a Tagalog leader named Rajah Balingit of Pandakan, and participator on the Conspiracy of the Maharlikas.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Balingit 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) | 5.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 84% |
| Two or more races | 7.4% |

## Similar surnames

Ballinger, Boling, Balling, Blankenship, Blanchard, Blanco, Bowling, Billings, Blank, Belanger, Bollinger, Billingsley.

## 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.