The surname Ballantyne
A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 2,410 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex B453
Origin
Scottish Gaelic origin
A surname from Scottish Gaelic; variant forms Balentyne, Ballantine, Ballintine, Ballentyne, Ballendine, Bellenden, Ballentine, Bannatyne.
One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,410 people named Ballantyne in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 128,110 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,315.
Who is named Ballantyne
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
89% of people named Ballantyne identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 89%
- Black (not Hispanic) 5.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
- Two or more races 1.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Ballantyne
Ballantyne has the Soundex code B453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B453.
Other Scottish Gaelic surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Ballantyne come from?
- Ballantyne is Scottish Gaelic in origin.
- How common is the surname Ballantyne?
- 2,410 people in the United States had the surname Ballantyne in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,110 Americans. It ranked 12,795th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Ballantyne?
- In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Ballantyne identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Ballantyne getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,315 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,410 in 2010, up 4.1%.