How common is the surname Ballance?

2,622 people in the United States had the surname Ballance in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,752 Americans. It ranked 11,933rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Ballance?

John Ballance, 14th Premier of New Zealand (1839-1893), followed by Gary Ballance.

Where is the surname Ballance most common?

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

Is the surname Ballance getting more or less common?

More common. 2,561 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,622 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Ballance

A surname, carried by 2,622 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B452

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ballance is more common than 92.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,622 people named Ballance in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 117,752 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,561.

#11,933

rank among US surnames

2,622

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #11,321)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,926	Brass	2,625	117,617
#11,928	Polansky	2,624	117,662
#11,932	Kamal	2,623	117,707
#11,933	Ballance	2,622	117,752
#11,936	Okane	2,621	117,797
#11,938	Heiden	2,620	117,842

Who is named Ballance

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

87% of people named Ballance identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ballances

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Notable Ballances come mostly from New Zealand (1), the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ballance

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

Questions

How common is the surname Ballance?: 2,622 people in the United States had the surname Ballance in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,752 Americans. It ranked 11,933rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ballance?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Ballance identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Ballance?: John Ballance, 14th Premier of New Zealand (1839-1893), followed by Gary Ballance.
Where is the surname Ballance most common?: Wikidata records people named Ballance in New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Is the surname Ballance getting more or less common?: More common. 2,561 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,622 in 2010, up 2.4%.