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    The surname Balle

    A Dutch occupational surname, carried by 562 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B400

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Balle is more common than 75.9% of them.

    Origin

    Dutch origin

    Various origins: * Borrowed from Dutch Balle, a reduced form of any of various Germanic names beginning with the element *balþaz (“bold”). * Borrowed from Danish Balle, a habitational surname from balle (“slope; hill”). * A respelling of Catalan Batlle, an occupational surname from batlle (“mayor”).

    Balle is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 562 people named Balle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 549,369 Americans. That is down 7.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 608.

    #39,164
    rank among US surnames
    562
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -7.6%
    change since 2000 (was #35,106)

    Who is named Balle

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

    56% of people named Balle identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 38% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 56%
    • White (not Hispanic) 38%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Balle

    Balle has the Soundex code B400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B400.

    Other Dutch surnames

    All 167 Dutch surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Balle come from?
    Various origins: * Borrowed from Dutch Balle, a reduced form of any of various Germanic names beginning with the element *balþaz (“bold”). * Borrowed from Danish Balle, a habitational surname from balle (“slope; hill”). * A respelling of Catalan Batlle, an occupational surname from batlle (“mayor”).
    How common is the surname Balle?
    562 people in the United States had the surname Balle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 549,369 Americans. It ranked 39,164th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Balle?
    In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Balle identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 38% as white (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Balle?
    Balle is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Balle getting more or less common?
    Less common. 608 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 562 in 2010, down 7.6%.