How common is the surname Balogh?

3,448 people in the United States had the surname Balogh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,543 Americans. It ranked 9,433rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Balogh?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Balogh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Balogh?

Balázs Balogh, association football player (b. 1990), followed by Béla Balogh.

Where is the surname Balogh most common?

Wikidata records people named Balogh in Hungary.

Is the surname Balogh getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,473 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,448 in 2010, down 0.7%.

The surname Balogh

A surname, carried by 3,448 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Balogh is more common than 94.2% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,448 people named Balogh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 89,543 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,473.

#9,433

rank among US surnames

3,448

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

-0.7%

change since 2000 (was #8,709)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,426	Trieu	3,451	89,466
#9,427	Bulger	3,450	89,491
#9,431	Geter	3,449	89,517
#9,433	Bork	3,448	89,543
#9,437	Bethune	3,447	89,569
#9,440	Wehner	3,446	89,595

Who is named Balogh

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

94% of people named Balogh identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Baloghs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Balázs Balogh
Association football player (b. 1990)
Béla Balogh
Association football player, born 1984

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Balogh

Balogh 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 Balogh?: 3,448 people in the United States had the surname Balogh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,543 Americans. It ranked 9,433rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Balogh?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Balogh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Balogh?: Balázs Balogh, association football player (b. 1990), followed by Béla Balogh.
Where is the surname Balogh most common?: Wikidata records people named Balogh in Hungary.
Is the surname Balogh getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,473 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,448 in 2010, down 0.7%.