Ballam is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ballam
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Ballam

How popular is Ballam?

Ballam is ranked 175853 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Ballams plummeted by 9.578544 per cent to 236 since 2000 and slipped by 10367 spots and ranked at 80419. 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 89.83 89.66
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 4.66 4.98
Others 2.54 0
Hispanic or Latino 2.12 2.68
Ballam is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in India. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Mauritius. Around 2045 people have been found who wears Ballam as their family name. Ballam is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
16,605 Austria3
9,097 Wales3
67,494 South Africa3
219,873 France2
53,033 Nigeria1
6,149 Ethiopia1
14,644 Tunisia1
77,122 Sweden1
36,678 Singapore1
21,562 Portugal1
172,258 Germany1
4,942 Libya1
28,365 Kenya1
153,416 Italy1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
13,872 New Zealand43
12,692 Scotland33
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
26,517 Australia89
92,589 Brazil79
3,598 Mauritius73
Countries with hundreds of Ballam:
40,396 India818
14,146 England414
79,514 United States300
20,655 Canada172
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Ballam worked as tailoress and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 30 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Abeona and arrived on December 7, 1849.

Comments

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Hannah Rebello
The origin of the name is Indo-European etymology of the name comes from the old French Balant which means one who loves to dance the name specifies an ancestral feature.

Ballam Namesakes

  • Iain Ballamy, Composer
  • Leslie Ballamy, Inventor
  • Robert Ballaman, Soccer player
  • Michael Ballam, Director
  • Iain Ballamy, Composer
  • Michael Ballam, Director
  • Iain Ballamy, Composer
  • Iain Ballamy, Composer
  • Iain Ballamy, Composer
  • Iain Ballamy, Composer

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