How common is the surname Balint?

1,716 people in the United States had the surname Balint in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 179,922 Americans. It ranked 16,687th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Balint?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Balint identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Balint?

Eszter Balint, American singer-songwriter and actress, followed by Becca Balint.

Where is the surname Balint most common?

Wikidata records people named Balint in Hungary, the United States and Austria.

Is the surname Balint getting more or less common?

More common. 1,697 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,716 in 2010, up 1.1%.

The surname Balint

A surname, carried by 1,716 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B453

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Balint is more common than 89.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,716 people named Balint in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 179,922 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,697.

#16,687

rank among US surnames

1,716

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.1%

change since 2000 (was #15,775)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,679	Kurowski	1,717	179,817
#16,687	Fralick	1,716	179,922
#16,696	Lorence	1,715	180,027

Who is named Balint

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

96% of people named Balint identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Balints

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Eszter Balint
American singer-songwriter and actress, born 1966
Becca Balint
American politician (born 1968)
Rezső Bálint
Austro-Hungarian neurologist and psychiatrist (1874–1929)

Notable Balints come mostly from Hungary (1), the United States (1) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Balint

Balint 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 Balint?: 1,716 people in the United States had the surname Balint in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 179,922 Americans. It ranked 16,687th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Balint?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Balint identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Balint?: Eszter Balint, American singer-songwriter and actress, followed by Becca Balint.
Where is the surname Balint most common?: Wikidata records people named Balint in Hungary, the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Balint getting more or less common?: More common. 1,697 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,716 in 2010, up 1.1%.