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    The surname Baller

    A German surname, carried by 671 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B460

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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). Baller is more common than 79.1% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

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

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 671 people named Baller in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 460,127 Americans. That is down 8.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 734.

    #33,894
    rank among US surnames
    671
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -8.6%
    change since 2000 (was #30,120)

    Who is named Baller

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

    92% of people named Baller identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Ballers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Baller

    Baller has the Soundex code B460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B460.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Baller come from?
    A variant of the English surname Ball, with a suffix -er. Also borrowed from German Baller.
    How common is the surname Baller?
    671 people in the United States had the surname Baller in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 460,127 Americans. It ranked 33,894th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Baller?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Baller identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Baller?
    Adolph Baller, Austrian-American pianist (1909-1994).
    Where is the surname Baller most common?
    Wikidata records people named Baller in the United States.
    Is the surname Baller getting more or less common?
    Less common. 734 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 671 in 2010, down 8.6%.