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    The surname Balingit

    A Tagalog surname, carried by 679 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B452

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Balingit is more common than 79.3% of them.

    Origin

    Tagalog origin

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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 679 people named Balingit in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 454,706 Americans. That is up 33% since 2000, when the Census counted 512.

    #33,567
    rank among US surnames
    679
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +32.6%
    change since 2000 (was #40,265)

    Who is named Balingit

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

    84% of people named Balingit identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 7.4% as two or more races and 5.3% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 84%
    • Two or more races 7.4%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Balingit

    Balingit has the Soundex code B452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B452.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Balingit come from?
    Borrowed from Tagalog Balingit, after a Tagalog leader named Rajah Balingit of Pandakan, and participator on the Conspiracy of the Maharlikas.
    How common is the surname Balingit?
    679 people in the United States had the surname Balingit in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 454,706 Americans. It ranked 33,567th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Balingit?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Balingit identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 7.4% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Balingit getting more or less common?
    More common. 512 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 679 in 2010, up 33%.