How common is the surname Balsamo?

2,185 people in the United States had the surname Balsamo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,302 Americans. It ranked 13,834th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Balsamo?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Balsamo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Balsamo?

Terry Balsamo, American guitarist.

Where is the surname Balsamo most common?

Wikidata records people named Balsamo in the United States.

Is the surname Balsamo getting more or less common?

More common. 2,084 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,185 in 2010, up 4.8%.

The surname Balsamo

An Italian surname, carried by 2,185 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B425

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Balsamo is more common than 91.5% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Balsamo.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,185 people named Balsamo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 141,302 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,084.

#13,834

rank among US surnames

2,185

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+4.8%

change since 2000 (was #13,400)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,830	Gammons	2,186	141,238
#13,834	Balsamo	2,185	141,302
#13,843	Gardener	2,184	141,367

Who is named Balsamo

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

94% of people named Balsamo identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Two or more races 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Balsamos

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Terry Balsamo
American guitarist, born 1972

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Balsamo

Balsamo has the Soundex code B425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B425.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Balsamo come from?: Borrowed from Italian Balsamo.
How common is the surname Balsamo?: 2,185 people in the United States had the surname Balsamo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,302 Americans. It ranked 13,834th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Balsamo?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Balsamo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Balsamo?: Terry Balsamo, American guitarist.
Where is the surname Balsamo most common?: Wikidata records people named Balsamo in the United States.
Is the surname Balsamo getting more or less common?: More common. 2,084 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,185 in 2010, up 4.8%.