# Baller (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/baller/  
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 German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 671 |
| US rank (2010) | 33,894 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 460,127 people |
| Change since 2000 | -8.6% (734 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

A variant of the English surname Ball, with a suffix -er. Also borrowed from German Baller.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Baller 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Baller in the United States.

## People named Baller

- Adolph Baller, Austrian-American pianist (1909-1994)

## Similar surnames

Byler, Baylor, Buller, Biller, Beller, Boller, Boler, Bealer, Bailer, Blair, Beeler, Beiler.

## 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.