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    The surname Balliet

    A French surname, carried by 1,830 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B430

    Balliet: #15,889 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Balliet #15,889, 1,830 people Balliet: #15,889 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Balliet #15,889, 1,830 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Balliet is more common than 90.2% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    A surname from French.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,830 people named Balliet in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 168,713 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,741.

    #15,889
    rank among US surnames
    1,830
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.1%
    change since 2000 (was #15,446)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,883Greenblatt1,831168,621
    #15,889Liebman1,830168,713
    #15,898Risser1,829168,806

    Who is named Balliet

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

    95% of people named Balliet identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Balliet

    Balliet has the Soundex code B430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B430.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Balliet come from?
    Balliet is French in origin.
    How common is the surname Balliet?
    1,830 people in the United States had the surname Balliet in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 168,713 Americans. It ranked 15,889th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Balliet?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Balliet identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Balliet getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,741 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,830 in 2010, up 5.1%.