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    The surname Baltazar

    A Spanish surname, carried by 13,045 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B432

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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). Baltazar is more common than 98.3% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    * As a Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, German, Hungarian, Slovak surname, from the Biblical name Balthazar. * As an Italian surname, variant of Baldassarre.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 13,045 people named Baltazar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,668 Americans. That is up 51% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,650.

    #2,767
    rank among US surnames
    13,045
    people in 2010
    4.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +50.8%
    change since 2000 (was #3,765)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,758Westfall13,07923,606
    #2,759Willey13,06723,628
    #2,760Lassiter13,06623,630
    #2,761Willett13,06523,631
    #2,762Graff13,05823,644
    #2,763Bachman13,05723,646
    #2,764Barkley13,05123,657

    Who is named Baltazar

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

    81% of people named Baltazar identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 9.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.1% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 81%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 9.9%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Baltazar

    Baltazar has the Soundex code B432, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B432.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Baltazar come from?
    * As a Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, German, Hungarian, Slovak surname, from the Biblical name Balthazar. * As an Italian surname, variant of Baldassarre.
    How common is the surname Baltazar?
    13,045 people in the United States had the surname Baltazar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,668 Americans. It ranked 2,767th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Baltazar?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Baltazar identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 9.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Baltazar getting more or less common?
    More common. 8,650 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,045 in 2010, up 51%.