Bala is used as a family name or surname in India. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bala
No. of characters: 4
Origin: India
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Bala

How popular is Bala?

Bala is common in India.

Bala is ranked 828 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Balas grew by 25.5102 per cent to 1968 since 2000 and ranked 15005 after elevating 1764 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		 49.64 37.56
White 38.36 47.64
Hispanic or Latino 6.55 6.25
Black 2.9 0
Others 2.18 5.74
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.36 0
Bala is quite popular family name mostly used in India while Albania is ahead in terms of density. Around 635487 people have been found who wears Bala as their family name. Bala is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
7,250 Armenia10
6,367 Japan9
9,568 Thailand8
1,346 Bermuda6
7,031 China6
4,921 Uganda5
1,632 South Korea5
1,194 Nepal5
614 Myanmar5
59,967 Moldova4
1,387 Togo4
1,295 Papua New Guinea4
11,802 Egypt4
9,097 Wales3
10,762 Hungary3
6,706 Lebanon3
5,332 Estonia3
4,529 Mauritius3
11,532 Croatia3
10,395 Latvia2
5,318 Iraq2
6,462 Ivory Coast2
4,367 Afghanistan2
34,572 Israel2
1,151 Brunei2
2,617 Cambodia2
3,940 Ethiopia2
2,151 Fiji2
14,408 Uruguay2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
10,858 Tunisia2
3,014 Taiwan2
5,300 Syria2
4,164 Vietnam2
5,217 Zambia2
6,266 Luxembourg2
2,449 Yemen2
1,136 Mali2
10,683 Cyprus1
2,613 The Bahamas1
34,581 Chile1
1,253 Burundi1
37,493 Austria1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
5,916 Mozambique1
16,283 Lithuania1
3,586 Honduras1
29,774 Venezuela1
6,212 Jamaica1
2,057 Isle of Man1
7,198 Maldives1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
12,564 New Zealand50
12,953 Finland48
12,527 Denmark44
1,033 Iceland38
7,570 Ireland38
18,599 Kyrgyzstan33
34,417 Belarus33
4,554 Senegal14
70,910 Zimbabwe11
17,404 Georgia11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
13,606 Peru100
6,029 Portugal74
6,953 Scotland72
11,471 Norway66
14,205 Sweden65
35,569 Netherlands62
2,703 Trinidad and Tobago55
Countries with hundreds of Bala:
9,740 France931
6,001 Pakistan880
3,402 Ghana879
6,629 Ukraine860
623 Oman836
5,326 Canada821
20,333 Russia818
1,768 Guatemala800
7,637 Mexico681
5,959 Australia492
868 Mauritania430
11,601 Tanzania401
25,003 Italy392
1,011 Kuwait366
7,478 Kazakhstan362
14,898 Morocco336
2,640 Serbia302
11,879 Spain300
6,232 Greece295
873 Qatar272
2,528 Bulgaria257
23,599 Argentina224
9,041 Czech Republic198
925 Bahrain171
2,597 Azerbaijan160
13,523 Belgium134
9,314 Switzerland126
8,562 Slovakia124
2,019 Hong Kong119
4,196 Burkina Faso103
Countries with thousands of Bala:
608 Malaysia5,691
2,304 Philippines5,156
868 Sudan5,155
603 Sri Lanka4,434
1,377 Poland3,724
480 Niger3,570
2,915 Turkey3,494
103 Albania2,926
3,894 Iran2,764
5,198 Indonesia2,717
2,461 Algeria2,678
13,251 United States2,607
5,445 Brazil2,560
1,009 Romania2,505
292 Turkmenistan2,003
972 Angola2,001
3,732 South Africa1,753
3,480 Kenya1,648
4,666 England1,581
370 Singapore1,443
815 United Arab Emirates1,254
2,953 Saudi Arabia1,193
3,005 Cameroon1,189
664 Libya1,181
9,081 Germany1,076
Countries with ten thousands of Bala:
500 Nigeria51,353
474 Bangladesh37,814
Countries with hundred thousands of Bala:
169 India465,987
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Farmer John Bala from Ireland aboard the Arrick from Belfast during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 55 years old when he arrived in USA on January 29, 1849. Ann Bala, aged 45, Immigrant James Bala, John Bala (16) Immigrant, Immigrant Susan Bala, Hamilton Bala, aged 11, are others that migrated to US.

Comments

S
Stephany Meisinger
The origin of the name is Indo-European etymology of the name comes from the Occitan bal meaning the ball, and by extension the one who loves to dance the name specifies an ancestral feature.

Bala Namesakes

  • Aadarsh Balakrishna, Film actor
  • Aadhi Balakrishnan, Film director
  • Musa Gibril Bala Gaye, Politician
  • Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa, Politician
  • Abdullahi Balarabe Salame, Politician
  • D. Balasubramaniam, Film actor
  • Nandamuri Balakrishna, Film actor
  • Abubakar Balarabe, Soccer player
  • P. Balachandran, Writer
  • C. V. Balakrishnan, Novelist
  • In 0, Arben Bala portrayed the role of Mark in war film SunRise.

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