Bal is used as a family name or surname in India. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bal
No. of characters: 3
Origin: India
Meaning: Personal name of Germanic origin, Ballo (balo = torment, malice), focused mainly in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais. The merger with the ball (nickname of a dancer) is very unlikely.

How popular is Bal?

Bal is common in India.

Bal is ranked 3073 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Bals grew by 51.39622 per cent to 2006 since 2000 and ranked 14794 after elevating 4224 spots. The last name was found in around 7 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 54.34 44.91
White 34.6 39.62
Hispanic or Latino 3.84 4.38
Others 3.69 7.92
Bal is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Turkey which signifies that it is originated from Turkey. Around 177942 people have been found who wears Bal as their family name. Bal is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
34,406 Moldova10
15,185 Nigeria9
2,208 Maldives7
1,377 South Korea6
7,031 China6
25,156 Azerbaijan5
9,759 Japan5
2,955 Syria4
8,411 Costa Rica4
4,997 Bangladesh4
11,342 Uruguay3
8,993 Tunisia3
7,619 Ecuador3
6,706 Lebanon3
1,850 Papua New Guinea3
7,993 Jordan3
5,318 Iraq2
443 Bhutan2
4,944 Bosnia2
2,835 Libya2
11,224 Cameroon2
12,161 Wales2
20,837 Venezuela2
6,977 Tajikistan2
10,211 Bulgaria2
4,086 Angola2
1,169 New Caledonia2
2,211 Brunei1
408 Åland1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
6,033 Benin1
3,350 Fiji1
2,715 Gabon1
4,435 Togo1
4,171 Rwanda1
13,447 Uganda1
573 Vanuatu1
2,024 Mongolia1
8,268 Mauritius1
2,040 Mali1
28,365 Kenya1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
5,467 Haiti1
2,578 Guam1
9,116 Nicaragua1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,906 Israel47
1,588 Luxembourg40
9,524 Portugal37
62,367 Kazakhstan33
257,310 Russia31
14,372 Serbia30
9,692 Ireland27
21,901 Chile27
4,169 Cyprus26
841 Malta26
49,935 Czech Republic21
23,914 Denmark20
2,015 Iceland19
5,663 Thailand18
4,313 Guyana17
35,676 Kyrgyzstan14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
1,869 Trinidad and Tobago93
8,372 Norway92
10,596 Colombia87
4,262 Kuwait87
8,328 New Zealand85
3,256 Qatar78
12,704 Sweden73
16,172 Peru71
11,009 Finland60
Countries with hundreds of Bal:
6,594 Mexico838
4,482 Saudi Arabia770
18,557 Brazil700
3,589 Romania668
3,629 Malaysia658
12,805 Iran614
8,811 Egypt613
3,235 Greece516
13,209 South Africa475
2,458 United Arab Emirates420
1,055 Mauritania336
28,912 Italy325
8,789 Australia321
4,721 Hungary262
4,903 Switzerland243
5,126 Austria236
2,413 Lithuania225
2,286 Oman217
16,651 Spain192
3,611 Scotland171
2,061 Panama163
2,531 Singapore142
66,011 Indonesia131
1,845 Hong Kong130
Countries with thousands of Bal:
401 Nepal4,478
4,124 Philippines3,222
549 Netherlands3,101
2,429 France3,037
3,594 Germany2,454
15,148 United States2,223
614 Belgium1,930
3,030 Poland1,909
3,655 Pakistan1,886
4,177 England1,785
4,279 Algeria1,607
1,074 Guatemala1,599
3,723 Canada1,242
363 Slovakia1,212
4,710 Argentina1,105
5,078 Morocco1,007
433 Senegal1,003
Countries with ten thousands of Bal:
140 Turkey70,398
979 India62,099
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 Bal is a derivative name of the ancient Occitan balar which means jump, dance and means the player of an instrument for dancing, ball buffoon, also represents a derivative of ballo Germanic name, derived from the root ball means torment wickedness.

Bal Namesakes

  • Aadarsh Balakrishna, Film actor
  • Aadhi Balakrishnan, Film director
  • Arun Bali, Actor
  • Aaliyah Balogun, Saheed Balogun's daughter
  • Deepak Balraj Vij, Film director
  • Honoré de Balzac, Novelist
  • Sixto Durán Ballén, Political figure
  • Felipe Baloy, Soccer defender
  • Abdon Balde Jr., Author
  • Edward Baldwyn, Pamphleteer
  • Anand Bal played vital role of N in 0 thriller film Vrittham.
  • In 2018 drama movie, Saggi Phull, Sukhi Bal played Pali.
  • In 2016 drama film, Samaya Bada Balaban, Jyotrimayee Bal played N.
  • Munpal Bal played pivotal role of Sean in 2017 adventure and drama film Into the Who Knows!.
  • In 2019, Federico Bal played the role of Brandoni in crime and horror flick Crímenes Imposibles.
  • Ashok Bal played vital character of Sagar in 2007 0 movie Samaya Hathare Dori.

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