How common is the surname Ballas?

1,188 people in the United States had the surname Ballas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 259,887 Americans. It ranked 21,868th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ballas?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ballas identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Ballas getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,473 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,188 in 2010, down 19%.

The surname Ballas

A surname, carried by 1,188 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ballas is more common than 86.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,188 people named Ballas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 259,887 Americans. That is down 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,473.

#21,868

rank among US surnames

1,188

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-19.3%

change since 2000 (was #17,588)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#21,862	Pluta	1,189	259,668
#21,868	Casavant	1,188	259,887

Who is named Ballas

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

94% of people named Ballas identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Two or more races 0.7%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ballas

Ballas has the Soundex code B420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B420.

Questions

How common is the surname Ballas?: 1,188 people in the United States had the surname Ballas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 259,887 Americans. It ranked 21,868th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ballas?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ballas identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Ballas getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,473 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,188 in 2010, down 19%.