Balch is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Balch
No. of characters: 5
Origin: England
Meaning:

Arrogant, haughty, proud.

Balch is the variation of the Balch. The bald man.

The bald man.

The family name is a variant of Balch. Arrogant, haughty, proud.

Balch is the variant form of Balch. An abbreviation of Balchin.

An abbreviation of Balchin.

How popular is Balch?

Balch is common in United States, England, Lebanon, Canada, Australia, France.

Balch is ranked 64724 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Balch bearers increased by 6.81 per cent in 2010 US census to 4472 since 2000, the surname slipped by 120 spots and ranked at 7450. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.21 95.27
Hispanic or Latino 2.28 1.53
Others 1.41 1.27
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.98 0.57
Black 0.69 0.69
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.42 0.67
Balch is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Lebanon is ahead in terms of density. Around 7727 people have been found who wears Balch as their family name. Balch is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Balch:
7,096 United States6,001
Countries with hundreds of Balch:
10,582 England556
2,468 Lebanon276
13,971 Canada273
18,282 Australia149
73,425 France124
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
57,640 Ukraine95
4,894 Wales58
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
14,206 United Arab Emirates44
12,166 Jordan22
14,413 Scotland17
49,949 Pakistan17
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
31,784 New Zealand10
447,191 Thailand9
84,476 Zimbabwe9
283,807 Germany8
94,797 Netherlands7
43,211 Denmark7

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Catharine Balch from Bavaria aboard the Mercury from Havre on May 17, 1852. She is registered to be 25 years old when she arrived in USA. Butcher Alwihe Balch, Elisa Balch (31), Philip Balch, aged 37, Merchant F. Balch, John Balch, aged 28, are other Balch that migrated to US from Bremen, Rotterdam, Antwerp and Liverpool & Queenstown.

Balch Namesakes

  • Reg Balch, Dr
  • Thomas Balch, American historian, best
  • Robert Balch, sociologist from the University of Montana
  • Emily Greene Balch, American economist, sociologist and pacifist
  • John Henry Balch, United States Naval Reserve officer and a recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions
  • Antony Balch, English film director and distributor, best
  • George Balch, Rear Admiral in the United States Navy
  • Pamela Balch, officeholder

Balch Namesakes

  • Reg Balch, Dr
  • Thomas Balch, American historian, best
  • Robert Balch, sociologist from the University of Montana
  • Emily Greene Balch, American economist, sociologist and pacifist
  • John Henry Balch, United States Naval Reserve officer and a recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions
  • Antony Balch, English film director and distributor, best
  • George Balch, Rear Admiral in the United States Navy
  • Pamela Balch, officeholder

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