The surname Ballester
A Catalan surname, carried by 919 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex B423
Origin
Catalan origin
From Spanish, of Catalan origin, a surname prevalent in the Valencian/Catalan-speaking areas of Spain.
One of 39 Catalan surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 919 people named Ballester in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 335,958 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 834.
Who is named Ballester
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
81% of people named Ballester identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 16% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 81%
- White (not Hispanic) 16%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
- Two or more races 0.5%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Ballester
Ballester has the Soundex code B423, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B423.
Other Catalan surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Ballester come from?
- From Spanish, of Catalan origin, a surname prevalent in the Valencian/Catalan-speaking areas of Spain.
- How common is the surname Ballester?
- 919 people in the United States had the surname Ballester in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 335,958 Americans. It ranked 26,534th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Ballester?
- In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Ballester identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 16% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Ballester getting more or less common?
- More common. 834 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 919 in 2010, up 10%.