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    The surname Ballenger

    A surname, carried by 4,956 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B452

    Ballenger: #6,805 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ballenger #6,805, 4,956 people Ballenger: #6,805 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ballenger #6,805, 4,956 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ballenger is more common than 95.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,956 people named Ballenger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,297 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,762.

    #6,805
    rank among US surnames
    4,956
    people in 2010
    1.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.1%
    change since 2000 (was #6,564)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #6,798Silvas4,96362,209
    #6,799Hostetter4,96062,247
    #6,801Shim4,95862,272
    #6,805Ballenger4,95662,297
    #6,807Benham4,95562,310
    #6,808Gilstrap4,95462,322

    Who is named Ballenger

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

    81% of people named Ballenger identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Ballengers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Cass Ballenger
      American politician (1926-2015)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ballenger

    Ballenger 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 Ballenger?
    4,956 people in the United States had the surname Ballenger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,297 Americans. It ranked 6,805th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ballenger?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Ballenger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Ballenger?
    Cass Ballenger, American politician (1926-2015).
    Where is the surname Ballenger most common?
    Wikidata records people named Ballenger in the United States.
    Is the surname Ballenger getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,762 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,956 in 2010, up 4.1%.