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    The surname Balog

    A surname, carried by 2,665 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B420

    Balog: #11,753 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Balog #11,753, 2,665 people Balog: #11,753 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Balog #11,753, 2,665 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Balog is more common than 92.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,665 people named Balog in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 115,852 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,639.

    #11,753
    rank among US surnames
    2,665
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1%
    change since 2000 (was #11,049)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,746Zoller2,667115,765
    #11,751Bruckner2,666115,809
    #11,753Balog2,665115,852
    #11,759Frahm2,664115,895

    Who is named Balog

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

    94% of people named Balog identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Balogs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Zoltán Balog
      Association football player (b. 1978)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Balog

    Balog 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 Balog?
    2,665 people in the United States had the surname Balog in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,852 Americans. It ranked 11,753rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Balog?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Balog identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Balog?
    Zoltán Balog, association football player (b. 1978).
    Where is the surname Balog most common?
    Wikidata records people named Balog in Hungary.
    Is the surname Balog getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,639 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,665 in 2010, up 1.0%.