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    The surname Baloch

    A surname, carried by 487 people in the United States.

    2 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). Baloch is more common than 72.8% of them.

    Origin

    Borrowed from Baluchi بلۏچ (baloc), from Classical Persian بَلوچ (balōč), with further etymology unclear and disputed.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 487 people named Baloch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 633,974 Americans. That is up 107% since 2000, when the Census counted 235.

    #44,193
    rank among US surnames
    487
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +107.2%
    change since 2000 (was #76,208)

    Who is named Baloch

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

    79% of people named Baloch identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 11% as two or more races and 6.6% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 79%
    • Two or more races 11%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Baluch
    • Belooch
    • Buluch

    Surnames that sound like Baloch

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Baloch come from?
    Borrowed from Baluchi بلۏچ (baloc), from Classical Persian بَلوچ (balōč), with further etymology unclear and disputed.
    How common is the surname Baloch?
    487 people in the United States had the surname Baloch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 633,974 Americans. It ranked 44,193rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Baloch?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Baloch identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 11% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Baloch getting more or less common?
    More common. 235 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 487 in 2010, up 107%.
    What are other spellings of Baloch?
    Baluch, Belooch and Buluch.