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    The surname Balleza

    A surname, carried by 1,125 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B420

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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). Balleza is more common than 86% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,125 people named Balleza in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 274,440 Americans. That is up 63% since 2000, when the Census counted 690.

    #22,770
    rank among US surnames
    1,125
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +63%
    change since 2000 (was #31,658)

    Who is named Balleza

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

    86% of people named Balleza identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 9.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.9% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 86%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 9.0%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Balleza

    Balleza has the Soundex code B420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B420.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Balleza?
    1,125 people in the United States had the surname Balleza in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 274,440 Americans. It ranked 22,770th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Balleza?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Balleza identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 9.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Balleza getting more or less common?
    More common. 690 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,125 in 2010, up 63%.