# Ballew (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ballew/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,857 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,514 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 39,296 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.2% (7,616 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ballew 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) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ballew in the United States.

## People named Ballew

- Smith Ballew, American actor, singer and orchestra leader (1902-1984)

## Similar surnames

Bailey, Ball, Beall, Beale, Ballou, Belle, Belew, Bale, Bellew, Bal, Bala, Blea.

## 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.