Ballay is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ballay
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

Lastname is variant of Bayly. The Bailies or Baylys derived their name from their ancestors having anciently been bailiffs of the districts of Carrick, Kyle, and Cunningham, in Scotland." Bayly of Ballyarthen, county of Wicklow, in B.L.G.

Variant form of Bayley. See Bailey - 1. From Bailli, in the arrondissement of Neufchatel; Bailli in that of Dieppe, in Normandy; Bailey, a township in Lancashire; or Bailie, a township in Cumberland
2. Another form of bailiff, a title of office applied in many ways under our feudal and municipal laws
3. A name given to the courts of a castle formed by the spaces between the circuits of walls or defences which surround the keep.

The lastname Ballay is a variation of the Bailey. One charged with public administrative authority in a certain district by the king or a lord. Or one acted as agent for the lord in the management of the affairs of the manor. It can also mean one who came from Bailey meaning clearing where berries grew, in Lancashire.

The lastname Ballay is variant of Baylie. Variant of Bailey that mens one charged with public administrative authority in a certain district by the king or a lord.

The variant of Bailey. Baliff, steward.

Ballay is the variant of Bailey. 1. From Bailli, in the arrondissement of Neufchatel; Bailli in that of Dieppe, in Normandy; Bailey, a township in Lancashire; or Bailie, a township in Cumberland
2. Another form of bailiff, a title of office applied in many ways under our feudal and municipal laws
3. A name given to the courts of a castle formed by the spaces between the circuits of walls or defences which surround the keep.

The is a form of Baly. See Bailey - 1. From Bailli, in the arrondissement of Neufchatel; Bailli in that of Dieppe, in Normandy; Bailey, a township in Lancashire; or Bailie, a township in Cumberland
2. Another form of bailiff, a title of office applied in many ways under our feudal and municipal laws
3. A name given to the courts of a castle formed by the spaces between the circuits of walls or defences which surround the keep.

How popular is Ballay?

Ballay is common in France, United States, Argentina, Germany, Slovakia.

Ballay is ranked 168965 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Ballays grew by 15.42 per cent to 292 since 2000 and ranked 67519 after elevating 4289 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.84 92.49
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 2.74 3.95
Ballay is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in France. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in New Caledonia. Around 2554 people have been found who wears Ballay as their family name. Ballay is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Ballay:
7,575 France1,167
Countries with hundreds of Ballay:
63,861 United States434
15,051 Argentina238
42,561 Germany162
6,556 Slovakia149
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,572 Liberia86
105,821 Philippines66
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
16,145 Switzerland46
20,391 Hungary38
86,017 Canada31
72,927 England31
43,235 Austria20
4,719 New Caledonia16
73,425 Czechia12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
639,611 India10
81,336 Sweden9
124,818 Australia8
170,578 Malaysia6

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Jules Ballay was 26 years old when he migrated to Illinois on June 23, 1852. He lived in France where he worked as farmer and took Alliance from Havre. Constantin Ballay (36) Farmer, Farmer Constantin Ballay, Henri Ballay, aged 42, 26 years old Francois-Mr Ballay, 37 years old L. Ballay, F.Mr Ballay (51) Merchant, Francois Ballay, aged 52, Merchant Francois Ballay, are others that migrated to US from Havre, Liverpool and Havre & Plymouth.

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