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    The surname Ballou

    A surname, carried by 5,800 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B400

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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). Ballou is more common than 96.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 5,800 people named Ballou in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 53,232 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,509.

    #5,936
    rank among US surnames
    5,800
    people in 2010
    2.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.3%
    change since 2000 (was #5,753)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,931Antunez5,80853,159
    #5,934Elston5,80353,204
    #5,935Loeffler5,80153,223
    #5,936Prendergast5,80053,232

    Who is named Ballou

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

    83% of people named Ballou identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Ballous

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Adin Ballou
      American minister (1803–1890)
    • Addie L. Ballou
      American poet, feminist, suffragist, artist (1837-1916)
    • Hosea Ballou
      American Universalist minister (1771–1852)
    • Kurt Ballou
      American musician and record producer, born 1974
    • Latimer Whipple Ballou
      American politician (1812-1900)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ballou

    Ballou 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 Ballou?
    5,800 people in the United States had the surname Ballou in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,232 Americans. It ranked 5,936th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ballou?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Ballou identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Ballou?
    Adin Ballou, American minister (1803–1890), followed by Addie L. Ballou.
    Where is the surname Ballou most common?
    Wikidata records people named Ballou in the United States.
    Is the surname Ballou getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,509 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,800 in 2010, up 5.3%.