# Ballantyne (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ballantyne/  
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 Scottish Gaelic; variant forms Balentyne, Ballantine, Ballintine, Ballentyne, Ballendine, Bellenden, Ballentine, Bannatyne.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,410 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,795 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 128,110 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.1% (2,315 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ballantyne 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) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Similar surnames

Ballentine, Balentine, Ballantine, Balint, Bland, Blanton, Blount, Boland, Blunt, Blanding, Blandon, Blandford.

## 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.