# Ballance (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ballance/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,622 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,933 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 117,752 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.4% (2,561 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ballance 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) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ballance in New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States.

## People named Ballance

- John Ballance, 14th Premier of New Zealand (1839-1893)
- Gary Ballance, British cricketer (born 1989)
- Frank Ballance, American politician (1942-2019)

## Similar surnames

Ballinger, Ballenger, Blanc, Blanche, Balling, Blankenship, Blanchard, Blanco, Bowling, Billings, Blank, Belanger.

## 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.