Balis is used as a family name or surname in Greece. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Balis
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Greece
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Balis

How popular is Balis?

Balis is common in Greece.

Balis is ranked 124905 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Balises plummeted by 42.53075 per cent to 327 since 2000 and slipped by 24480 spots and ranked at 61436. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.99 91.92
Hispanic or Latino 4.59 3.34
Others 3.36 1.93
Black 2.45 2.28
Balis is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Greece which may be its originating country too. Around 3185 people have been found who wears Balis as their family name. Balis is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
440,449 Indonesia10
100,092 Spain9
46,068 Philippines3
35,184 Poland3
23,344 Austria2
118,441 Germany2
14,004 Hungary2
8,657 Lebanon2
139,444 Brazil2
165,773 Belarus1
30,360 Thailand1
492,292 Ukraine1
77,122 Sweden1
25,721 Egypt1
36,678 Singapore1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
118,015 Netherlands1
40,340 Malaysia1
16,073 Latvia1
31,207 Ireland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
83,908 England38
236,996 Russia35
40,652 Czech Republic29
344,912 India28
98,676 Canada27
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
19,740 Romania84
72,056 Italy78
35,454 Australia61
Countries with hundreds of Balis:
36,321 United States784
2,210 Slovakia373
6,631 Belgium275
Countries with thousands of Balis:
1,061 Greece1,278
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Columba Balis was 1 years old when she migrated to New York on September 6, 1884. She lived in Italy where she worked as agriculturist and took Britannia from Naples.

Comments

F
Fern Storrs
The origin of the name is Indo-European there are several etymological possibilities for the name is derived from it belisius personal name of the beautiful clumping or it comes from the medieval Latin meaning ballicius the buffoon.

Balis Namesakes

  • Arsenio Balisacan, Economist
  • Benedetta Balistrieri, Johnny Contardo's wife
  • Dariusz Baliszewski, Journalist
  • Desdemona Balistrieri, Actress
  • Pietro Balistreri, Soccer player
  • Gioacchino Balistreri, Actor
  • Slavomír Bališ, Soccer player
  • Pietro Balistreri, Soccer player
  • Rosa Balistreri, Singer
  • Urbain Balisson, Politician
  • Jarrid Balis played central role of Dustin in 2013 action, drama flick Badass Showdown.

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