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    The surname Ballew

    A surname, carried by 7,857 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B400

    Ballew: #4,514 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ballew #4,514, 7,857 people Ballew: #4,514 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ballew #4,514, 7,857 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ballew is more common than 97.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 7,857 people named Ballew in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,296 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,616.

    #4,514
    rank among US surnames
    7,857
    people in 2010
    2.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #4,311)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,505Prentice7,87439,211
    #4,506Swearingen7,87239,221
    #4,507Guess7,87139,226
    #4,509Quesada7,87039,231
    #4,510Mei7,86739,246
    #4,512Hyland7,86239,271
    #4,513Lemaster7,85839,291

    Who is named Ballew

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

    89% of people named Ballew identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Ballews

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ballew

    Ballew has the Soundex code B400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B400.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ballew?
    7,857 people in the United States had the surname Ballew in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,296 Americans. It ranked 4,514th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ballew?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Ballew identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Ballew?
    Smith Ballew, American actor, singer and orchestra leader (1902-1984).
    Where is the surname Ballew most common?
    Wikidata records people named Ballew in the United States.
    Is the surname Ballew getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,616 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,857 in 2010, up 3.2%.